“Don’t be afraid. They can’t arrest us all,” a Russian Channel 1 reporter said in a video recorded before the protest.
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Yrjö Kokkonen
An employee of a Russian TV channel ran a live news broadcast on Russia’s number one channel, Pervyi Kanal, last Monday night. The woman was holding a poster urging people not to believe in propaganda.
According to OVD, an NGO that monitors the human rights situation in Russia, the woman was taken to a police station. United States Washingon Post (switch to another service) writes a woman to be a channel editor and producer.
– Unfortunately, I have worked on Channel 1 in recent years on Kremlin propaganda, editor Marina Ovsjannikova said to Twitter with a message he recorded before his protest.
– Now shame. I am ashamed that I have allowed lies to be told on television screens. I’m ashamed that I let you make Russian zombies.
He ended his video by inviting people to the streets.
– Don’t be afraid. They can’t arrest us all.
According to OVD information, the woman says in the video that her father is Ukrainian and her mother Russian and that she does not see the countries as enemies.
Russia has widely blocked or restricted social media platforms that have been widely used to make political statements.
“Stop the war”
The poster carried by the woman in the broadcast read: “No war. Stop the war, don’t believe the propaganda, here they are lying to you. The Russians are against the war.”
The woman was also able to say in Russian “Stop the war!”. News anchor Jekarina Andrejeva tried to cover his words by speaking louder. The channel then quickly switched to video from the hospital.
The Vremja program, which airs from 9 pm local time, has been running since the Soviet era and is watched by millions across Russia. Its audience includes the older population in particular.
Russia passed a law earlier this month that spreading “false news” in connection with the Russian military could result in up to 15 years in prison.
Zelenskyi thanked the woman and urged the Russian soldiers to surrender
According to an English translation published on the website of the Office of the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi said he was grateful to those Russians who are fighting against false information and telling the truth.
– I am grateful to those Russians who do not stop trying to convey the truth, Zelenskyi said.
– As long as your country is not completely closed off from the world, becoming a very large North Korea, you have to fight. You must not lose your chance.
In his several-minute speech, he also appealed to the Russian forces and urged them to surrender.
– Why would you die? Why? I know you want to survive.
– On behalf of the Ukrainians, I will give you the opportunity. Opportunity to survive. If you surrender to our forces, we will treat you as people should be treated.