Russian journalist who staged TV war protest handed 8 1/2 year jail term in absentia

Marina Ovsyannikova, who burst into a news broadcast with a placard that read "Stop the war" and "They're lying to you", was found guilty of "spreading knowingly false information about the Russian Armed Forces". The 45-year old fled Russia with her daughter for an unspecified European country a year ago, according to her lawyer, saying she had no case to answer.