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Natalie Dowzicky

Marina Ovsyannikova's Russian TV Poster Protest Was Not 'Hooliganism,' but Bravery

On March 14, President Vladimir Putin banned Instagram from being accessed within the country, cracking down on the dissemination of information to the app's 80 million users about the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Later that same day, Marina Ovsyannikova, an editor and producer at the Russian state television's flagship Channel One decided enough was enough. 

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