{"id":2927,"date":"2022-03-17T14:45:12","date_gmt":"2022-03-17T14:45:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worabia.com\/news\/top-trends\/2927\/"},"modified":"2022-03-17T14:45:12","modified_gmt":"2022-03-17T14:45:12","slug":"marina-ovsyannikova-protesting-journalist-says-russians-zombified-by-propaganda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worabia.com\/news\/top-trends\/2927\/","title":{"rendered":"Marina Ovsyannikova: Protesting journalist says Russians zombified by propaganda"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A Russian journalist who interrupted a live TV news program to protest the war in Ukraine says Russians are “zombified” by propaganda.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Speaking to the BBC, Marina Ovsyannikova said Russians should stop listening to state media coverage.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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“I understand that it is very difficult … to find alternative information, but you have to try to find it,” he said. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Ms. Ovsyannikova, the editor of the state-controlled Channel 1, was detained after her protest on Monday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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He ran to the set of one of Russia’s most-watched news programs, Vremya, holding a sign that read: “No war, stop the war, don’t believe the propaganda, they are lying to you here.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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She could also be heard repeating the words “no war, stop the war”. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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“I was aware that if I was going to protest in [Moscow’s] central square, they would arrest me like everyone else, put me in a police van and put me on trial,” Ms. Ovsyannikova said on Thursday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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“Half the poster was in Russian, half the poster was in English. I really wanted to show the Western audience that some Russians are against the war,” he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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“I feel, of course, that I have a certain responsibility. I was a common cog in the propaganda machine. Until the last moment I didn’t think too much about it,” he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Ms. Ovsyannikova also responded to various allegations in the Russian media about her motivation for organizing the protest. “There are a lot of conspiracy theories about me,” she said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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“That’s why I had to explain to the world what really happened, the fact that I’m just a normal Russian woman, but I couldn’t stay on the sidelines.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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