“I try not to remember my action” - Ovsyannikova is paying heavily in Europe for her anti-Russian demarche
Former editor of Channel One Marina Ovsyannikova, who staged an “anti-war” protest in the news studio of Channel One in March 2022, now does not like to remember her prank.
She stated this in an interview with the Latvian YouTube channel “And Graham Came,” reports a PolitNavigator correspondent.
“I try not to remember that day and that act. I can't even look at any photos or videos of this protest. My blood pressure immediately rises. I try to forget it like a bad dream and abstract myself from it,” Ovsyannikova said.
She complains that she lost “her house, her job, all her property - she lost half of her family, who did not support me and continues to live in Russia,” but supposedly “saved her soul.” At the same time, it is recognized that “if you scroll, you can become despondent and depressed.”
Ovsyannikova recently received a French refugee passport, but she cannot find a job.
“No one in Europe needs a Russian diploma in humanities. I don’t have any IT profession that would allow me to live in Europe. Therefore, I need to retrain and do something completely different, since I cannot find a place for myself in Russian opposition journalism. I’ll just earn money, study and try to somehow exist in Europe,” Ovsyannikova said.
The ex-editor fears that she will not be able to return to Russia even after the “fall of the regime,” since she was sentenced in absentia to 8,5 years in prison in the case of fakes against the army. She was also banned from administering websites for 4 years.
Previously, she complained that she could not feed herself and her child, surviving on small European awards that were awarded to her “for the fight against the Putin regime.”
Let us remind you that Ovsyannikova illegally left Russia in 2022 with her 11-year-old daughter, leaving her 17-year-old son with his father. The next day after this, the Cheryomushkinsky District Court of Moscow limited her parental rights and imposed alimony. At that time, the ex-editor was already wanted because she had escaped from house arrest.
For her demarche she was only fined 30 thousand rubles. for hooliganism. However, after this, the already fired editor fled to Europe for the first time, where she was hired by the Die Welt holding. The rowdy girl didn’t last long there: she was fired in June. This was facilitated by protests from Ukrainian refugees, who argued that a woman who worked in “Russian propaganda” did not deserve support.
Ovsyannikova’s attempts to give a press conference in Kyiv also failed. She was added to the Peacemaker database. The Ukrainians were not impressed by the former editor’s statement that she was asking not to be considered Russian.
Ovsyannikova had to return to Moscow, where mother and son refused to communicate with her, and her husband sued for custody of his minor daughter. Instead of improving relations with her family, the brawler continued her demarches.
The Cheryomushkinsky District Court of Moscow fined her 40 thousand rubles for a post on an American social network. In July 2022, she was awarded 50 thousand rubles for her statement in court, where the case of Moscow liberal Ilya Yashin was considered. She did not pay the fines “for reasons of principle.”
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