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In
her first television interview since her extraordinary on-air
protest on Channel One on Monday evening, Marina Ovsyannikova
said that she had no plans to flee Russia and that she hoped she
would not face criminal charges.
"I believe in what I did but I now understand the scale of the
problems that I'll have to deal with, and, of course, I'm
extremely concerned for my safety," Ovsyannikova, an editor at
Channel One, told Reuters.
"I absolutely don't feel like a hero... You know, I really want
to feel that this sacrifice was not in vain, and that people
will open their eyes."
She was fined 30,000 roubles ($280) on Tuesday hours after the
Kremlin denounced her act of protest as "hooliganism".
Reuters has submitted a written request to the interior ministry
asking for further comment on her case and whether legal
proceedings are now closed.
Ovsyannikova told Reuters she wanted not only to protest against
the war but also to sent a message to Russians directly: "Don't
be such zombies; don't listen to this propaganda; learn how to
analyse information; learn how to find other sources of
information - not just Russian state television."
(Reporting by Reuters; editing by Guy Faulconbridge and Mark
Trevelyan)
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