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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Pjotr Sauer and Andrew Roth

‘Her anger had been building’: Russian TV protester told friend of plan

A laptop screen showing the moment Marina Ovsyannikova held her protest poster behind the Cannel One news anchor live on air
Monday’s evening broadcast on Russia’s main news channel was interrupted by Marina Ovsyannikova holding an anti-war poster. Photograph: NurPhoto/Rex/Shutterstock

The Russian television producer who staged an extraordinary anti-war protest live on national television on Monday night outlined her plan to a friend the day before, having become increasingly angry about the Russian invasion, the Guardian has learned.

Marina Ovsyannikova burst on to the set of Channel One during the national evening news holding a poster that read “Stop the war. Don’t believe the propaganda. They’re lying to you here.” She was arrested shortly afterwards and has not been heard from since.

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