Russian journalist who staged anti-war TV protest quits job, but rejects French asylum offer
by Agence France-Presse in Paris from World news | The Guardian on (#5X80M)
Channel One worker Marina Ovsyannikova says she has broken the life of our family with this gesture' but does not want to leave Russia
A Russian editor who protested against Moscow's invasion of Ukraine during a state TV news broadcast says she is quitting her job but not accepting France's asylum offer, calling herself a patriot".
Marina Ovsyannikova, an editor at Channel One television, barged onto the set of its flagship Vremya evening news on Monday, shouting: Stop the war. No to war." he held a sign saying: Don't believe the propaganda. They're lying to you here." It was signed in English: Russians against the war."
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