Posted on Mar 22, 2022
Fact check: News is broadcast live on Russian TV, no evidence antiwar protest was fake
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The claim: A protest during a Russian news broadcast was staged because 'there are no live on-air television broadcasts in Russia'
Russian state-owned media outlets have for weeks presented an alternate reality of the invasion of Ukraine, characterizing the war as a “peacekeeping operation” and pushing disinformation.
Online, some claim a Russian producer's antiwar protest during a live evening newscast was just another propaganda stunt.
“There are no live on-air television broadcasts in Russia. None. Ever,” reads a March 15 Facebook post that generated more than 400 interactions within six days. “Like most of the world, I saw the video of the ‘brave Russian woman’ yesterday. On the one hand I thought, ‘oh, wow, amazing’. But at the same time, there was something that felt off.”
The claim: A protest during a Russian news broadcast was staged because 'there are no live on-air television broadcasts in Russia'
Russian state-owned media outlets have for weeks presented an alternate reality of the invasion of Ukraine, characterizing the war as a “peacekeeping operation” and pushing disinformation.
Online, some claim a Russian producer's antiwar protest during a live evening newscast was just another propaganda stunt.
“There are no live on-air television broadcasts in Russia. None. Ever,” reads a March 15 Facebook post that generated more than 400 interactions within six days. “Like most of the world, I saw the video of the ‘brave Russian woman’ yesterday. On the one hand I thought, ‘oh, wow, amazing’. But at the same time, there was something that felt off.”
Fact check: News is broadcast live on Russian TV, no evidence antiwar protest was fake
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."On March 14, Marina Ovsyannikova interrupted a live broadcast from the Channel One network in Moscow by holding a sign reading "No War" in English. She was later detained and taken into custody, according to the human rights group OVD-Info.
Following her arrest, Ovsyannikova was questioned for 14 hours and appeared in court. She was released and charged with “discrediting the Russian Armed Forces," according to Pavel Chikov, a Russian human rights lawyer representing her."...
..."On March 14, Marina Ovsyannikova interrupted a live broadcast from the Channel One network in Moscow by holding a sign reading "No War" in English. She was later detained and taken into custody, according to the human rights group OVD-Info.
Following her arrest, Ovsyannikova was questioned for 14 hours and appeared in court. She was released and charged with “discrediting the Russian Armed Forces," according to Pavel Chikov, a Russian human rights lawyer representing her."...
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