Russian journalist Marina Ovsiannikova, who became an anti-war muse after her appearance in mid-March during a pro-Kremlin television news, has become a correspondent in Ukraine and Russia for the major German daily
Die Welt
, the media announced on Monday April 11.
She will write for the newspaper and contribute regularly to its television news channel.
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“
Marina Ovsiannikova had the courage, at a decisive moment, to confront viewers in Russia with an undiluted picture of reality
,” explained Ulf Poschardt, editor-in-chief of the Welt group, in a press release.
“
She thus defended the most important journalistic virtues, despite the threat of state repression,
” adds the boss of the conservative daily.
“
Welt represents what is rightly defended so vehemently in Ukraine by the courageous people there: freedom.
As a journalist, I consider it my duty to defend this freedom
,” said Marina Ovsiannikova, 43, in the same press release.
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The Russian journalist had appeared live in mid-March during Russia's most watched television news, on the Pervy Kanal channel, with a sign criticizing Moscow's military operation in Ukraine and denouncing the "
propaganda
" of the media controlled by the able.
Briefly arrested, then sentenced in the process to a simple fine and left free, Marina Ovsiannikova, who has since left the channel, risks criminal proceedings punishable by heavy prison sentences, under the terms of a recent law repressing any "
false information
" on the Russian army.