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Bill McLoughlin

Marina Ovsyannikova: Russian journalist who protested Putin’s war live on TV may have been poisoned in France

French authorities have launched an investigation after a former Russian state TV journalist, who denounced the Russian invasion of Ukraine live on air, was suddenly taken ill on leaving her Paris apartment.

Marina Ovsyannikova worked at Russian state television Channel One, and drew international attention when she held a placard saying “stop the war, don’t believe the propaganda, they are lying to you here”, during a broadcast.

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