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Russian journalist who protested war called British spy by former employer

By Christopher Hutton
Published March 21, 2022 2:50pm ET
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Russian journalist who protested war called British spy by former employer
This video grab taken on Tuesday shows Russian Channel One editor Marina Ovsyannikova holding a poster reading, "Stop the war. Don't believe the propaganda. Here they are lying to you," during an on-air TV broadcast by news anchor Yekaterina Andreyeva, Russia's most-watched evening news broadcast, in Moscow on Monday. | (Sipa via AP Images)

The Russian journalist who interrupted a news broadcast on a Russian channel with a sign denouncing the invasion of Ukraine has been accused of being a British spy.

Kirill Kleimyonov, the head of Channel One’s news division, appeared on a broadcast Monday, claiming to have proof that the news channel’s former editor Marina Ovsyannikova was involved with the British Embassy.

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Media Press Freedom Propaganda Russia Russia-Ukraine War United Kingdom