Marina Ovsyannikova (Russian: Марина Овсянникова; née Tkachuk (Ткачук)) is a Russian TV producer who was employed on the Channel One Russia TV channel, Russia's second most viewed channel. In 2022, she interrupted a state-controlled Russian TV news broadcast to protest against the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which made international news headlines.
Early life and career
Ovsyannikova's mother is Russian and her father is Ukrainian. Ovsyannikova graduated from the Kuban State University and later from the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration. She worked for the All-Russia State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company. In 2002, she gave an interview to the Yuga.ru news site.
Anti-war protests
On 14 March 2022, during a live broadcast related to the Russian invasion of Ukraine on the evening news programme Vremya, which had millions of viewers, she appeared behind the news anchor, Ekaterina...