Marina Ovsyannikova

Affiliated media: Channel One, Former editor

Incident date: July 17, 2022

Attack type:

• Criminal/administrative prosecution excluding (1), (2) and (3)

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Mediazona

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

Marina Ovsyannikova, the former news editor of Channel One, was detained in the Moscow Region. She was taken to the Krasnoselsky District Police Department, where a report was drawn up on her for «discrediting» the army (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation). Later, she was released. The reason for the report was a video published by the pro-Kremlin blogger Ilias Mercury with a commentary of the journalist, which she gave in front of the Basmanny District Court of Moscow before the arrest of Ilya Yashin.