Pravda

“A state television employee burst onto the live broadcast of Russia’s most-watched news show on Monday evening, yelling ‘Stop the war!’ and holding up a sign that said ‘They’re lying to you here,’ in an extraordinary act of protest against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

“The woman, Marina Ovsyannikova, worked for Channel 1, the state-run television channel whose news broadcast she stormed, according to a Russian rights group that is giving her legal support. The group also released a video in which Ms. Ovsyannikova says she is ‘deeply ashamed’ to have worked to produce ‘Kremlin propaganda.’”

—Anton Troianovski, reporter, “A protester storms a live broadcast on Russia’s most-watched news show, yelling ‘Stop the war!’ ”The New York Times, March 14, 2022. (Thanks to alert WORDster Tony Seton)

 

• Editorial Comment: Cards and letters may be sent to Ms. Ovsyannikova c/o General Delivery, Cell 47, Gulag 16.

 

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