Status: 03/14/2022 10:32 p.m
A woman interrupted the main news program on Russian state television with loud shouts and a poster against the attack on Ukraine. She is said to be an employee of the station and has since been arrested.
An anti-war woman protested against the Russian attack on Ukraine with a poster and loud shouts on Russian state television. The current main news program was therefore interrupted. During the live broadcast on Monday at 9:00 p.m. Moscow time (7:00 p.m. CET), the woman suddenly jumped into the picture behind news anchor Yekaterina Andreyeva and held up a sign that read “Stop the war. Do not believe the propaganda. You are being lied to here”. . She shouted out loud several times: “No to war, no to war, no to war!”
The demonstrator could be seen and heard for a few seconds, then the transmission stopped and pictures from a hospital were shown. The video excerpt immediately spread on social networks. Above all, Russian oppositionists praised the woman for her courage. “What courage really means,” wrote pianist Igor Levit on Twitter.
In Russia, the media is forbidden from calling the Russian invasion of Ukraine a “war” or an “invasion.” Instead, there is official talk of a “military special operation”.
Reports: Employee arrested in the meantime
According to media reports, the woman is said to be an employee of state television, who previously announced her protest action on social networks. She is said to have given as a reason that her father was Ukrainian and that the war against the neighboring country was a “crime” for which Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin was responsible. She is said to have been arrested.
In a statement, the first Russian television channel only spoke of an “incident” during the “Vremya” program and announced an internal review. State television is the main source of news for tens of millions of Russians and follows the Kremlin line closely.