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Added on the 28/07/2022 12:42:53 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
In Moscow, Russian journalist Marina Ovsiannikova goes on trial for on charges of "discrediting" the army, after she burst onto live television with a placard criticising Russia's offensive in Ukraine. IMAGES
Marina Ovsyannikova, a journalist who became known after protesting against the Russian military action in Ukraine during a prime-time news broadcast on state television, waits for a Moscow court session inside a defendants' cage over charges of "discrediting" the Russian army fighting in Ukraine. As she waits, Ovsyannikova holds up a paper that reads 'May the dead children haunt you in your dreams'. She is facing up to 10 years in prison, if convicted. IMAGES
Images show WSJ journalist, Evan Gershkovich, in a Moscow courtroom for a hearing to appeal his pre-trial detention. The US reporter was arrested on March 29 on charges of espionage and now faces up to 20 years in prison. Also shown is US Ambassador to Russia, Lynne Tracey. IMAGES
Marina Ovsyannikova, a state television employee who barged onto the set of Russia's most-watched evening news broadcast holding a poster protesting the Kremlin's ongoing military operation in Ukraine, walks out of Moscow's Ostankinsky district court to talk to reporters after a hearing where she was fined and released. IMAGES
US journalist Evan Gershkovich, arrested almost 15 months ago on espionage charges, appears in court in Yekaterinburg on the first day of closed-door trial. IMAGES