TV anti-war protester

Russian TV anti-war protester says she is being detained over "fake news" allegations

From CNN's Anna Chernova

Former Russian state TV journalist Marina Ovsyannikova has been detained by the Investigative Committee of Russia, she said on her Telegram channel Wednesday.

“At 6:00 am, when I was still sleeping, ten officers from the Investigative Committee and the police broke into my house. A search warrant was presented,” Ovsyannikova wrote.

“Now they are taking me to the Investigative Committee,” she added. 

According to Ovsyannikova, she has been charged with spreading “fake news” during her anti-war protest action on the Sofiyskaya Embankment in Moscow.

Ovsyannikova, an anti-war protester who previously worked as an editor for Russian state TV Channel One, took a dramatic stand against President Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine during a live broadcast in March when she broke into the studio and appeared behind a news anchor with a sign that said: "NO WAR."

She told CNN on Monday she had already received three fines for a total sum of 120,000 rubles (just under $2,000) for her anti-war statements, including for allegedly “discrediting” the army in a Facebook post she published in July. 

CNN has reached out to Ovsyannikova’s lawyer for details.