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Marina Ovsyannikova
Marina Ovsyannikova (Russian: Марина Овсянникова;
Marina Ovsyannikova
née Tkachuk)[1] is a Russian TV producer who was employed
on the Channel One Russia TV channel. Born 1978 (age 44)

Odessa 
Alma Kuban State
Contents mater University of
Physical Education,
Early life and career
Sport and Tourism
Anti-war protest Russian Presidential
See also Academy of
National Economy
References
and Public
External links Administration 
Occupation Journalist, editor 

Early life and career Employer Channel One

Russia 
Her mother is Russian and her father is Ukrainian.[2]
Ovsyannikova graduated from the Kuban State University and later from the Russian Presidential
Academy of National Economy and Public Administration. She worked for the All-Russia State
Television and Radio Broadcasting Company. In 2002, she gave an interview to the Yuga.ru news
site.[1] According to IMDb she was also responsible for stunts and special effects in the movie
Assassins Run (aka White Swan and Silent Assassins - Lautlose Killer (2013) by Robert Crombie
and Sofya Skya as well as in Ilmar Raag's drama Ya ne vernus (aka I Won't Come Back) (2014).[3]

Anti-war protest
On 14 March 2022, during a live broadcast related to the
Russian invasion of Ukraine in the evening news program
Vremya she appeared behind the news anchor, Ekaterina
Andreeva, carrying a poster stating in a mix of Russian with
English:

No War
Seconds before the video shot
Остановите войну, не верьте пропаганде, здесь was switched to report.
вам врут.

[Stop the war, don't believe the propaganda, here

you are being lied to.]

Russians against war

The broadcast was stopped, and Ovsyannikova was detained by the police. The recording was not
available for download, which is uncommon for this TV channel.[4][5][6] She also posted a pre-
recorded video on Telegram saying she was "ashamed of working for Kremlin propaganda":[7][8][9]

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"What is happening in Ukraine is a crime. Russia is an aggressor country and the

responsibility for this aggression rests on the conscience of only one person. That
person is Vladimir Putin. My father is Ukrainian, my mother is Russian, and they've
never been enemies. This necklace I'm wearing is a symbol of that fact that Russia must
immediately end this fratricidal war. And our fraternal peoples will still be able to make
peace. Unfortunately, I've spent the last few years working for Channel One, making
Kremlin propaganda, and I'm very ashamed of this. Ashamed that I allowed lies to be
broadcast from TV screens. Ashamed that I allowed others to zombify Russian people.
We were silent in 2014 when all this started. We didn't protest when the Kremlin
poisoned Navalny. We just silently watched this inhuman regime at work. And now the
whole world has turned its back on us. And the next 10 generations won’t wash away
the stain of this fratricidal war. We Russians are thinking and intelligent people. It's in
our power alone to stop all this madness. Go protest. Don't be afraid of anything. They
can't lock us all away."[9]

See also
2022 anti-war protests in Russia

References
1. "Журналистка и выпускница КубГУ вышла с пацифистским плакатом во время
прямого эфира новостей на Первом канале" (https://www.yuga.ru/news/462214-zhu
rnalistka-i-vypusknica-kubgu-vyshla-s-pacifistskim-plakatom-vo-vremya-pryamogo-efi
ra-novostej-na-pervom-kanale/). Юга.ру (in Russian). Retrieved 14 March 2022.
2. https://www.vg.no/nyheter/utenriks/i/g6Gpqq/kuppet-russisk-tv-sending-med-
antikrig-budskap. Verdens Gang
3. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5683172/bio
4. Sauer, Pjotr (14 March 2022). " 'They're lying to you': Russian TV employee interrupts
news broadcast" (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/14/russian-tv-employ
ee-interrupts-news-broadcast-marina-ovsyannikova). The Guardian. Retrieved 14 March
2022.
5. "Редактор Первого канала Марина Овсянникова ворвалась в прямой эфир
Первого канала с плакатом «Остановите войну, вам здесь врут»" (https://theins.ru/
news/249289). The Insider (in Russian). 14 March 2022.
6. "Russian state TV editor interrupts live news broadcast with anti-war message" (https://
meduza.io/en/short/2022/03/14/russian-state-tv-editor-interrupts-live-news-broadcast
-with-anti-war-message). Meduza. 14 March 2022.
7. Ilyushina, Mary; Knowles, Hannah (14 March 2022). "Protester bursts onto live Russian
state TV to decry war and 'propaganda' " (https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/202
2/03/14/marina-ovsyannikova-russian-tv-protest/). The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-
8286 (https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0190-8286). Retrieved 14 March 2022.
8. Patrick Reevell, ABC News, 14 March 2022 (https://twitter.com/Reevellp/status/1503458
429851033614) ("I'm ashamed I allowed lies to be spoken from the TV screen. Now ten
generations of our descendants won't wash off the disgrace of this fratricidal war. We're
Russian people, thinking, intelligent. It's only in our power to stop this insanity,")
9. "Ukraine: As It's Happening" (https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/03/14/ukraine-a
s-its-happening-a76553). The Moscow Times. 2022-03-14. Retrieved 2022-03-14.

External links
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Guardian News' footage of the recording and the protest on set (https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=D_MG0os17XM&ab_channel=GuardianNews)

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