Posted on 03/14/2022 9:46:06 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
An employee at Channel One Russia, the leading news network in the country, crashed a live television show to heckle Vladimir Putin and protest the war. She later released a taped message denouncing Putin and his war.
She ran on the screen with a sign reading ‘No war” and she yelled in Russian “No to war, stop the war.” The brave woman is Maria Ovsyanikova, an editor for the station. She was detained by police and can expect the worst after Russia passed new laws cracking down on dissent from the media.
Her sign in Russian said: “Stop the war! Don’t believe propaganda! They’re lying to you here.” And “Russians against war” written in English. The broadcast immediately cut away but not fast enough.
The anchor, Ekaterina Andreeva, is a very well-respected figure in Russian media.
Ovsyanikova filmed a video before her protest that her friends released on social media. She said:
! Russia’s main propaganda “news program” tonight. pic.twitter.com/lrRVnF8LoW
— Christo Grozev (@christogrozev) March 14, 2022
“What is currently happening in Ukraine is a crime. Russia is a country-aggressor.”
“All responsibility for this aggression lies on the conscience of one person: Vladimir Putin.
“My father is Ukrainian, my mother is Russian. They were never enemies.
“This necklace around my neck signifies that Russia should immediately stop this fratricidal war and our brotherly nations can make peace with each other.
“Unfortunately, for the last several years I worked at Channel One, promoting Kremlin propaganda and for that I am very ashamed right now.
“I am ashamed that I allowed lies to be told from TV screens, that I allowed Russian people to be zombified.
“We stayed quiet when all of this was just getting started in 2014.
“We didn’t come out to protest when the Kremlin poisoned Navalny.
“We continued to quietly watch this inhumane regime.
“Now the whole world turned away from us.
“Ten generations of our descendants won’t be able to wash away the shame of this fratricidal war.”
Ovsyannikova also appears to have recorded a video beforehand in which she blames Putin for the war and apologizes for her work on Russian state TV news.
pic.twitter.com/VuoqtJWcIY— max seddon (@maxseddon) March 14, 2022
“Unfortunately, for the last few years I’ve been working for Channel One. I’ve been doing Kremlin propaganda and I’m very ashamed of it – that I let people lie from TV screens and allowed the Russian people to be zombified.”
— max seddon (@maxseddon) March 14, 2022
Amen. I have permanently lost whatever respect I had left for the Putin butt boys around here. Thank God they are in the minority
Name the Putin protagonists that have failed you.
Possibly the last time you see her. You don’t do that there. The look on the face of the lady interrupted was like “It wasn’t me. . I had nothing to do with it. “ Lol.
She will be a mistress for a Russian guard.
Excellent!
Personally I find his tedious lecturing to be sanctimonious.
You will never see that much truth on CNN.
Bring her here and put her on The View.
She may well be another Anna Politkovskaya -
Brave lady. Last I heard, she is being “detained”. 😕
She just won a ticket for a 15 year vacation in the gulag.
Isn’t it strange all the smaller countries on the border of
the Ukraine that didn’t have a nervous breakdown due to the
Ukraine and it’s biolabs?
Should each of them look for a buffer zone too?
Oh yeah, they’re in on it. My mistake. LOL
Please name the country the Ukraine has invaded in well like,
ever?
Hope things turn out different for her.
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