Nadya Tolokonnikova, co-founder of the feminist protest art collective Pussy Riot, was in Berlin when news broke on February 16 of the sudden death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny in an Arctic penal colony.
Two days later, she was protesting in front of the Russian embassy in Berlin alongside Pussy Riot co-member Lucy Shtein, his lawyer Lyubov Sobol and former Russian state TV employee and 2022 Deadline Disruptor Marina Ovsyannikova.
Like most Navalny allies, Tolokonnikova believes that Russian President Vladimir Putin has blood on his hands.
The activist, artist and performer fronted another Navalny commemoration at the Wende Museum in Los Angeles on March 2.
“They opened their doors for us to make a pop-up exhibit and just let people come together. It’s very important for me that we don’t close in on our little selves and grieve alone,” Tolokonnikova says via Zoom.
Tolokonnikova says Navalny was instrumental in...
Two days later, she was protesting in front of the Russian embassy in Berlin alongside Pussy Riot co-member Lucy Shtein, his lawyer Lyubov Sobol and former Russian state TV employee and 2022 Deadline Disruptor Marina Ovsyannikova.
Like most Navalny allies, Tolokonnikova believes that Russian President Vladimir Putin has blood on his hands.
The activist, artist and performer fronted another Navalny commemoration at the Wende Museum in Los Angeles on March 2.
“They opened their doors for us to make a pop-up exhibit and just let people come together. It’s very important for me that we don’t close in on our little selves and grieve alone,” Tolokonnikova says via Zoom.
Tolokonnikova says Navalny was instrumental in...
- 5/20/2024
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Jaka Bizilj, the founder of the Berlin-based Cinema for Peace Foundation which organized the airlift from Russia of opposition activist Alexei Navalny after his poisoning in 2020, has responded to his sudden death in an Arctic Circle jail on Friday.
“Seeing the kind of treatment that they were giving him, I’ve been afraid for months that they were going to kill him,” Bizilj told Deadline.
He suggested the writing had been on wall for Navalny ever since the death of Wagner mercenary group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin in a plane crash in August in the wake of his aborted coup over the summer.
“The Prigozhin case, the uprising, showed that Russia is not as stable as we all believed. After the killing of Prigozhin, Navalny was next on the list… I don’t think Putin saw him as an immediate threat but he was afraid of him in the long run,...
“Seeing the kind of treatment that they were giving him, I’ve been afraid for months that they were going to kill him,” Bizilj told Deadline.
He suggested the writing had been on wall for Navalny ever since the death of Wagner mercenary group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin in a plane crash in August in the wake of his aborted coup over the summer.
“The Prigozhin case, the uprising, showed that Russia is not as stable as we all believed. After the killing of Prigozhin, Navalny was next on the list… I don’t think Putin saw him as an immediate threat but he was afraid of him in the long run,...
- 2/17/2024
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Pope Francis, Hillary Rodham Clinton and former Un chief Ban Ki-Moon will be honored at the upcoming Cinema for Peace gala in Berlin on February 19.
The long-running gala run by the Cinema for Peace Foundation will be accompanied by the inaugural World Forum on the Future Of Democracy, Tech and Humankind.
The latter event will run from February 18 to 19 at the Allianz Forum next to the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin with the aim of promoting the renewal of democracy and freedom at a time when both are under threat.
The Cinema for Peace Foundation was created in 2008 as an international non-profit organization with the goal to foster change through film. Over the years it has worked with a host of stars including Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, Leonardo DiCaprio and George Clooney.
Clinton and Ban will attend the February 19 gala in person while Pope Francis will be shown receiving his award in a recorded video.
The long-running gala run by the Cinema for Peace Foundation will be accompanied by the inaugural World Forum on the Future Of Democracy, Tech and Humankind.
The latter event will run from February 18 to 19 at the Allianz Forum next to the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin with the aim of promoting the renewal of democracy and freedom at a time when both are under threat.
The Cinema for Peace Foundation was created in 2008 as an international non-profit organization with the goal to foster change through film. Over the years it has worked with a host of stars including Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, Leonardo DiCaprio and George Clooney.
Clinton and Ban will attend the February 19 gala in person while Pope Francis will be shown receiving his award in a recorded video.
- 2/12/2024
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Prosecutors in Paris have opened an investigation into the possible poisoning of Russian journalist Marina Ovsiannikova.
On Thursday, Ovsiannikova reportedly told police that she felt unwell after finding a powder substance at the door of her Paris apartment. Forensic police were immediately sent to her home.
Paris-based Reporters Without Borders secretary-general Christophe Deloire posted on social media saying that Ovsiannikova was feeling better by Thursday afternoon but was still being kept under medical supervision.
Last year, Ovsiannikova and her 12-year-old daughter fled Russia after she appeared behind a news anchor on screen in 2022, holding a sign that said, “Stop the war, don’t believe the propaganda, they are lying to you here.”
Ovsiannikova’s actions violated a 2022 Russian law, which states that anyone who spreads “false” information about the war on Ukraine may face up to 15 years in prison.
Last week, a court in Moscow sentenced Ovsiannikova to eight-and-a-half years...
On Thursday, Ovsiannikova reportedly told police that she felt unwell after finding a powder substance at the door of her Paris apartment. Forensic police were immediately sent to her home.
Paris-based Reporters Without Borders secretary-general Christophe Deloire posted on social media saying that Ovsiannikova was feeling better by Thursday afternoon but was still being kept under medical supervision.
Last year, Ovsiannikova and her 12-year-old daughter fled Russia after she appeared behind a news anchor on screen in 2022, holding a sign that said, “Stop the war, don’t believe the propaganda, they are lying to you here.”
Ovsiannikova’s actions violated a 2022 Russian law, which states that anyone who spreads “false” information about the war on Ukraine may face up to 15 years in prison.
Last week, a court in Moscow sentenced Ovsiannikova to eight-and-a-half years...
- 10/22/2023
- by Ava Lombardi
- Uinterview
Russian journalist Marina Ovsyannikova has recounted her dramatic escape from Moscow, a week before she was due to face trial for interrupting a live broadcast on Russian TV to criticise her country’s invasion of Ukraine
The journalist spoke at a press conference in Paris on Friday, where she explained that, in October 2022, she had contacted Reporters Sans Frontières to help her escape.
Her journey out of the country soon afterwards involved seven vehicle changes, eventually approaching the border on foot and hiding from patrols before finally making it across.
Our [last] vehicle got stuck in the mud,” she told the BBC, “and we had no mobile phone coverage – we tried to find our way by the stars. It was a very dangerous and stressful escape.”
Ovsyannikova is now settled in Paris. She said she still fears for her life but believes that Russian President Vladimir Putin is risking his leadership...
The journalist spoke at a press conference in Paris on Friday, where she explained that, in October 2022, she had contacted Reporters Sans Frontières to help her escape.
Her journey out of the country soon afterwards involved seven vehicle changes, eventually approaching the border on foot and hiding from patrols before finally making it across.
Our [last] vehicle got stuck in the mud,” she told the BBC, “and we had no mobile phone coverage – we tried to find our way by the stars. It was a very dangerous and stressful escape.”
Ovsyannikova is now settled in Paris. She said she still fears for her life but believes that Russian President Vladimir Putin is risking his leadership...
- 2/11/2023
- by Caroline Frost
- Deadline Film + TV
Marina Ovsyannikova, the Russian TV news producer who staged an anti-war protest live on state TV last March, has escaped house arrest, according to multiple reports. It’s unclear how Ovsyannikova slipped away or where she went, but she apparently has her 11-year-old daughter in tow.
As a result, Ovsyannikova was placed on Russia’s federal wanted list Monday, the Moscow Times reported. The Times said it is unclear whether she has fled the country or not.
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The journalist had been under house arrest since August, according to the Washington Post, as...
As a result, Ovsyannikova was placed on Russia’s federal wanted list Monday, the Moscow Times reported. The Times said it is unclear whether she has fled the country or not.
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The journalist had been under house arrest since August, according to the Washington Post, as...
- 10/4/2022
- by Tom Tapp
- Deadline Film + TV
Russian journalist Marina Ovsyannikova, who became a symbol of fearless dissent when she interrupted a live TV broadcast in March to protest her country’s invasion of Ukraine, has been placed under house arrest in Moscow pending a trial related to a fresh anti-war protest in July.
Ovsyannikova was arrested on August 10 in a police raid on her Moscow home. She appeared in court on Thursday (August 11) where she was charged with spreading fake news about the military, an offense that carries up to ten years in prison under Russian law.
The charges are not related to her original TV protest but rather a fresh action in mid-July in which she stood opposite the Kremlin, holding a placard with slogans criticizing President Vladimir Putin and the Russian army. At her feet lay two dolls covered in red dye to highlight the deaths of children in the conflict.
Following her first protest in March,...
Ovsyannikova was arrested on August 10 in a police raid on her Moscow home. She appeared in court on Thursday (August 11) where she was charged with spreading fake news about the military, an offense that carries up to ten years in prison under Russian law.
The charges are not related to her original TV protest but rather a fresh action in mid-July in which she stood opposite the Kremlin, holding a placard with slogans criticizing President Vladimir Putin and the Russian army. At her feet lay two dolls covered in red dye to highlight the deaths of children in the conflict.
Following her first protest in March,...
- 8/11/2022
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Jafar Panahi, one of Iran’s most prolific filmmakers, has been ordered to finish out a six-year prison sentence from 2010. He was detained last week in Tehran.
Iranian officials first arrested and sentenced Panahi, 62, on charges of producing anti-government propaganda in 2010 and 2011. But the sentencing was never enforced. The order from Iran’s judiciary to now enforce that sentence, as announced by spokesman Masoud Setayeshi, comes amid heightened efforts by the government to silence criticism as Iran faces political and economic pressures.
Panahi is no stranger to angering the Iranian government through his art. His work often takes on issues of censorship and social and cultural restriction within in the Islamic Republic. Since the 2010 arrest, he has been barred from leaving the country despite winning awards at several film festivals since then, including the Berlin Film Festival’s Golden Bear in 2015 for “Taxi.” For a time, Panahi had specifically been...
Iranian officials first arrested and sentenced Panahi, 62, on charges of producing anti-government propaganda in 2010 and 2011. But the sentencing was never enforced. The order from Iran’s judiciary to now enforce that sentence, as announced by spokesman Masoud Setayeshi, comes amid heightened efforts by the government to silence criticism as Iran faces political and economic pressures.
Panahi is no stranger to angering the Iranian government through his art. His work often takes on issues of censorship and social and cultural restriction within in the Islamic Republic. Since the 2010 arrest, he has been barred from leaving the country despite winning awards at several film festivals since then, including the Berlin Film Festival’s Golden Bear in 2015 for “Taxi.” For a time, Panahi had specifically been...
- 7/19/2022
- by Benjamin Lindsay
- The Wrap
Russian journalist Marina Ovsyannikova, who drew international attention earlier this year for interrupting a live TV news broadcast to protest her country’s invasion of Ukraine, was briefly detained by Russian authorities in Moscow on Sunday, according to posts on her social media channels.
The incident was first reported on her Telegram account, with her attorney later confirming her detention.
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“Marina has been detained,” the journalist’s Telegram account read. “There is no information on where she is.”
However, The Moscow Times (via Deadline) reports that she was released three hours after being picked up by Russian authorities and charged with “discrediting” the Russian army. Facebook posts from her account shared yesterday read:
“I’m home now. Everything is okey. It was China’s ‘first warning.’ But now I know that it’s better to leave home with a...
The incident was first reported on her Telegram account, with her attorney later confirming her detention.
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“Marina has been detained,” the journalist’s Telegram account read. “There is no information on where she is.”
However, The Moscow Times (via Deadline) reports that she was released three hours after being picked up by Russian authorities and charged with “discrediting” the Russian army. Facebook posts from her account shared yesterday read:
“I’m home now. Everything is okey. It was China’s ‘first warning.’ But now I know that it’s better to leave home with a...
- 7/18/2022
- by Brandon Katz
- The Wrap
Marina Ovsyannikova, the Russian journalist who daringly interrupted a live TV broadcast to protest her country’s invasion of Ukraine, was briefly detained by Russian authorities for a second time over the weekend.
News of her arrest broke Sunday on her Telegram account after friends posted that she had been picked up by police in Moscow while cycling and was bundled into a white van.
According to The Moscow Times – which has been operating in exile out of Amsterdam since March – Ovsyannikova was released three hours later, having been charged with “discrediting” the Russian army.
Ovsyannikova was an editor at the government-controlled Pervyy Kanal at the beginning of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on February 24.
Distressed by the images out of Ukraine, she interrupted the channel’s main evening news bulletin on March 14 and held up a poster protesting the war and calling on viewers not to “believe the propaganda.
News of her arrest broke Sunday on her Telegram account after friends posted that she had been picked up by police in Moscow while cycling and was bundled into a white van.
According to The Moscow Times – which has been operating in exile out of Amsterdam since March – Ovsyannikova was released three hours later, having been charged with “discrediting” the Russian army.
Ovsyannikova was an editor at the government-controlled Pervyy Kanal at the beginning of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on February 24.
Distressed by the images out of Ukraine, she interrupted the channel’s main evening news bulletin on March 14 and held up a poster protesting the war and calling on viewers not to “believe the propaganda.
- 7/18/2022
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
“During these past years, our government tried to strangle independent media,” said a former correspondent at Russia’s state-run TV outlet, Channel One. Zhanna Agalakova, the outlet’s former Paris correspondent, confirmed she quit this month.
Channel One is the same outlet that saw a surprise, on-air protest last week when journalist Marina Ovsyannikova stood onscreen and unfurled a sign that said, “no war” and “don’t believe the propaganda. They’re lying to you here.”
Two other longtime journalists for rival network Ntv, Lilia Gildeyeva and Vadim Glusker have also recently quit, reports the BBC.
Agalakova said today her motivations were much the same as Ovsyannikova’s.
“I left Channel One precisely because the war started,” Agalakova told reporters at a Paris news conference. “When I spoke to my bosses, I said I cannot do this work any more.”
According to Reuters, the journalist said the Russian population has been “zombified” by propaganda.
Channel One is the same outlet that saw a surprise, on-air protest last week when journalist Marina Ovsyannikova stood onscreen and unfurled a sign that said, “no war” and “don’t believe the propaganda. They’re lying to you here.”
Two other longtime journalists for rival network Ntv, Lilia Gildeyeva and Vadim Glusker have also recently quit, reports the BBC.
Agalakova said today her motivations were much the same as Ovsyannikova’s.
“I left Channel One precisely because the war started,” Agalakova told reporters at a Paris news conference. “When I spoke to my bosses, I said I cannot do this work any more.”
According to Reuters, the journalist said the Russian population has been “zombified” by propaganda.
- 3/22/2022
- by Tom Tapp
- Deadline Film + TV
Marina Ovsyannikova caught the world’s attention earlier this week when she crashed Russian State-tv while holding a sign protesting the war in Ukraine, and now she’s speaking out about why she chose to make the stand.
“I decided to do it spontaneously,” Ovsyannikova, who was an employee of Russia’s Channel One, told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour. “But the decision was brewing for quite a long time. Lately, I have been feeling cognitive dissonance, more and more, between my beliefs and what we say on air. It was a growing sense of dissatisfaction that kept increasing every year, and the war was the point of no return. When it was simply impossible to stay silent and I realized that I would either need to do something or we will reach a point of no return.”
On Monday, Ovsyannikova interrupted a live newscast on Channel One in Russia, shouting “Stop the war!
“I decided to do it spontaneously,” Ovsyannikova, who was an employee of Russia’s Channel One, told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour. “But the decision was brewing for quite a long time. Lately, I have been feeling cognitive dissonance, more and more, between my beliefs and what we say on air. It was a growing sense of dissatisfaction that kept increasing every year, and the war was the point of no return. When it was simply impossible to stay silent and I realized that I would either need to do something or we will reach a point of no return.”
On Monday, Ovsyannikova interrupted a live newscast on Channel One in Russia, shouting “Stop the war!
- 3/16/2022
- by Jolie Lash
- The Wrap
At least three Russian news anchors have resigned from state-run channels since Channel One employee Marina Ovsyannikova’s on-air protest against Putin’s war on Ukraine on Monday night, with more Russian TV personalities currently on “holiday.”
Zhanna Agalakova has quit her job at Channel One as Europe correspondent, according to the BBC. Two anchors at another state-run channel, Ntv, have also resigned. On Tuesday, Lilia Gildeyeva, who worked for Ntv since 2006 and been praised by Putin, announced she has also left the country. “At first I left, I was afraid that they wouldn’t just let me go,” she told independent Russian journalist Ilya Varlamov of Varlamov News. Vadim Glusker, who had been at the network for nearly 30 years, has also resigned.
The BBC reports rumors of journalists also leaving Russia state TV group Vgtrk.
Rt editor Maria Baronova was among the first to step down earlier this month,...
Zhanna Agalakova has quit her job at Channel One as Europe correspondent, according to the BBC. Two anchors at another state-run channel, Ntv, have also resigned. On Tuesday, Lilia Gildeyeva, who worked for Ntv since 2006 and been praised by Putin, announced she has also left the country. “At first I left, I was afraid that they wouldn’t just let me go,” she told independent Russian journalist Ilya Varlamov of Varlamov News. Vadim Glusker, who had been at the network for nearly 30 years, has also resigned.
The BBC reports rumors of journalists also leaving Russia state TV group Vgtrk.
Rt editor Maria Baronova was among the first to step down earlier this month,...
- 3/16/2022
- by Sharon Knolle
- The Wrap
Update, 9:51 Am Pt: Marina Ovsyannikova, who burst onto the set of a state-Russian newscast to protest the war in Ukraine, was fined 30,000 rouble, or about $280.
She also pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to the charge of organizing an unauthorized public event, according to the BBC. There are still fears that she could face more serious charges related to spreading what the Russian government deems misinformation about the invasion of Ukraine.
Ovsyannikova appeared in the background of a newscast on Russia’s Channel One, showing a sign and shouting “don’t believe the propaganda. They’re lying to you here.” She was then detained. She also recorded a lengthier message that was posted to social media.
According to the BBC, she told reporters on Tuesday that she was questioned for 14 hours but not given access to lawyers or to family members.
Previously: A woman appeared in the background of the...
She also pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to the charge of organizing an unauthorized public event, according to the BBC. There are still fears that she could face more serious charges related to spreading what the Russian government deems misinformation about the invasion of Ukraine.
Ovsyannikova appeared in the background of a newscast on Russia’s Channel One, showing a sign and shouting “don’t believe the propaganda. They’re lying to you here.” She was then detained. She also recorded a lengthier message that was posted to social media.
According to the BBC, she told reporters on Tuesday that she was questioned for 14 hours but not given access to lawyers or to family members.
Previously: A woman appeared in the background of the...
- 3/15/2022
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
The journalist who crashed a Russian state-run news broadcast to protest the invasion of Ukraine says she was interrogated for 14 hours and denied access to her lawyer and was not able to contact her family.
Marina Ovsyannikova made the remarks at a brief news conference on Tuesday following an appearance in court. Kevin Rothrock, an editor at Meduza, an independent Russian and English-language news outlet, reports that Ovsyannikova was fined 30,000 (about $280) for inciting protests and released. Ovsyannikova says she will speak more on Wednesday after she gets some sleep.
And here she is in court!
Marina Ovsyannikova made the remarks at a brief news conference on Tuesday following an appearance in court. Kevin Rothrock, an editor at Meduza, an independent Russian and English-language news outlet, reports that Ovsyannikova was fined 30,000 (about $280) for inciting protests and released. Ovsyannikova says she will speak more on Wednesday after she gets some sleep.
And here she is in court!
- 3/15/2022
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
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