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Added on the 11/08/2022 17:32:36 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Marina Ovsyannikova, a state television employee who barged onto the set of Russia's most-watched evening news broadcast holding a poster protesting the Kremlin's ongoing military operation in Ukraine, walks out of Moscow's Ostankinsky district court to talk to reporters after a hearing where she was fined and released. IMAGES
Marina Ovsyannikova, a journalist who became known after protesting against the Russian military action in Ukraine during a prime-time news broadcast on state television, waits for a Moscow court session inside a defendants' cage over charges of "discrediting" the Russian army fighting in Ukraine. As she waits, Ovsyannikova holds up a paper that reads 'May the dead children haunt you in your dreams'. She is facing up to 10 years in prison, if convicted. IMAGES
Marina Ovsyannikova, who denounced Russia's intervention in Ukraine during a live TV broadcast, appears in court in Moscow. She is accused of 'discrediting' the army. IMAGES
Images show Evan Gershkovich leaving court after his detention was extended by two months. Gershkovich, an American Wall Street Journal reporter is being held in Moscow on espionage charges which he denies. The court hearing was attended by representatives of the U.S. Embassy in Russia. He was arrested during a reporting trip at the end of March last year in the Urals city of Yekaterinburg and could spend up to 20 years in prison if convicted. IMAGES
Russian opposition politician Yevgeny Roizman is expecting a court hearing after being detained again over a post on social media. The popular former mayor of the Urals city of Yekaterinburg is already awaiting trial on charges of "discrediting" the Russian army. IMAGES