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A Russian journalist interrupted a live news broadcast to protest against the invasion of Ukraine.

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In an ABC News interview released Sunday, Russian journalist Marina Ovsyannikova said her decision to publicly protest against her country's invasion of Ukraine wasn't easy.

I couldn't eat as soon as the war started. ABC's translation says that Ovsyannikova said in Russian that she couldn't sleep.

She contemplated going to a street protest against the war, but decided to make a public statement because of the jail time.

"The propaganda on our state channels was becoming more and more distorted."

Russian state TV editor, Marina Ovsyannikova speaks to her protest on live television: "I was hoping that my performance, in a way, would help people change their mind." https://t.co/q2P3KQgXol pic.twitter.com/xQ7uvkgq0N

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The news editor walked across the set with a sign that said "no war" and "Russians against the war".

In Russia, where President Putin has an iron grip on power, and his critics often end up killed or in jail, this was a risky protest. The Russian government recently passed a law threatening up to 15 years of jail time for publishing news that runs counter to the Kremlin's war messaging. She has already been arrested and fined, and is being investigated under the new law.

The protest was a result of the fact that the propaganda on our state channels was becoming more and more distorted. When I spoke to my friends and colleagues, they could not believe that such a thing could happen.

Marina Ovsyannikova interrupting a news broadcast on a Russian news channel is seen on a mobile phone held in a person's hand.
Marina Ovsyannikova interrupts the evening news broadcast on the main Russian news channel. (STR/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

She said she could see what was happening in Ukraine, and what we showed was different than what was happening in reality.

She said that she hoped her protest would show the world that not all Russians support the war.

She said that it was Putin's war, not the Russian people's war.

Despite the risks she faces in Russia, she is staying in her home country and has rejected the offer of political asylum from the French President.

I am very concerned about the safety of my children. I am grateful for Mr. Macron's offer, but I have not taken political asylum in France because I am a patriot. I would like to live in Russia. She said on ABC that her children want to live in Russia.

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