A former Russian state television journalist who interrupted a live broadcast to condemn Russia's war in Ukraine has been charged with spreading false information, according to her lawyer.
Marina Ovsyannikova, a former Russian state TV journalist who made an on-air protest, spoke to journalists.
Russian police entered her house at 6 a.m. while she was sleeping, scaring her young daughter.
She could be sentenced to ten years in prison for violating a Russian law banning public dissemination of knowingly false information about Russia's army, according to her lawyer.
The charges are linked to a protest in July of this year in which the editor of Channel One held up a poster critical of the Kremlin.
At a protest near the Kremlin last month, a poster read, "Putin is a murderer, his soldiers are fascists."
She has been fined and imprisoned for her anti-war protests. She said she was involved in creating aggressive Kremlin propaganda that tried to distract attention from the truth and blur all moral standards. She returned to Russia to resolve a custody dispute after leaving for Germany to work for Die Welt. A group of anti-war activists have been targeted by the Kremlin with a new law that makes it illegal to spread false news about the Russian military with sentences of up to 15 years in prison. Two opposition politicians have been charged with spreading false information about Russia's army.
The president of France said in March that he wanted to offer diplomatic protection for the journalist, and that he would discuss the matter with the president of Russia.
The home of a Russian journalist has been raided.
The TV protestor is accused of spreading false information.
A TV employee was fined by a Russian court for protesting on air.
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