“they can’t imprison us all”

Marina Ovsyannikova. Have you heard of her, or seen the video? She a Russian news reporter who crashed a live news report at her television station holding up the sign you see below. It supposedly says: “No war, stop the war, don’t believe the propaganda, they are lying to you here.”

Marina Ovsyannikova: Russian journalist tells of 14-hour interrogation

Marina Ovsyannikova has been fined and released after carrying out a protest live on Russian TV.

That takes some guts. Chances are it has cost her her life.

And she’s not the only Russian with an anti-war message:

More than 4,300 detained at anti-war protests in Russia

Police detained more than 4,300 people on Sunday at Russia-wide protests against President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, according to an independent protest monitoring group.

‘NO TO WAR’: Russian fury bursts open as Putin bombards Ukraine

A feeling of anger, shame and disbelief seems to have lit a fuse under Russia’s usually passive civil society.

Group Of Exiled Russian Public Figures Creates Anti-War Committee

A group of well-known, exiled Russian public figures have created an Anti-War Committee to hold Russian President Vladimir Putin and other officials responsible after they unleashed a “fratricidal war” against Ukraine last week.

Biden imposes additional sanctions on Russia: ‘Putin chose this war’ | CNN Politics

President Joe Biden on Thursday unveiled harsh new sanctions on Russia meant to punish the country for its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, calling out Russian President Vladimir Putin for his aggression even as he acknowledged it would take time for the new measures to alter Putin’s behavior.

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