ＴＶで反戦訴えた女性釈放　ロシア裁判所、罰金３万円科す

【ＡＦＰ＝時事】ロシアの政府系テレビ局で、生放送中だった人気ニュース番組に乱入し、同国のウクライナ侵攻に抗議した女性編集者が１５日、モスクワの裁判所により３万ルーブル（約３万３０００円）の罰金支払いを命じられ、釈放された。（写真はロシアの首都モスクワの裁判所の外で記者団の取材に応じる政府系テレビ局「第１チャンネル」の編集者マリーナ・オフシャンニコワさん）
　「第１チャンネル」の編集者マリーナ・オフシャンニコワさんは１４日夜、ロシアで最も視聴されている同局の夜のニュース番組で、「戦争反対」と書かれた紙を持って乱入。違法な抗議活動を呼び掛けた罪に問われ、最高で１０日間の拘留が言い渡される可能性があった。
　罪状は放送の妨害ではなく、ロシア人に反戦デモへの参加を促した動画メッセージを投稿したことに対するものだった。ただ同国では最近、同国軍に関する「偽情報」を掲載したメディア関係者を取り締まる新法が成立。弁護人はＡＦＰに対し、オフシャンニコワさんが今後同法に基づき訴追され、最高で１５年の禁錮刑を科される可能性もあると述べている。
　出廷したオフシャンニコワさんは無罪を主張し、「ロシアが罪を犯していると今も確信している」と陳述。判決後には記者団に「文字通り眠れずに２日間を過ごした」と語り、１４時間以上尋問を受けたことを明らかにした。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2022/03/16-11:22）

A Russian editor who protested against Moscow's military action in Ukraine during a prime-time news broadcast on state TV was released with a fine Tuesday after an international outcry over her detention.
Marina Ovsyannikova, an editor at Channel One television, barged onto the set of its flagship Vremya (Time) evening news late Monday, holding a poster reading No War in English.
The mother of two still risks criminal charges with a penalty of up to 15 years in jail, one of her lawyers said.
Ovsyannikova's case drew international attention and raised new alarm over press freedom in Russia in the wake of President Vladimir Putin's decision to send troops to pro-Western Ukraine.
On Tuesday, French President Emmanuel Macron offered asylum or other forms of consular protection to the journalist.
After her protest she was detained and questioned for 14 hours, she told reporters on Tuesday.
She was released after a judge at Moscow's Ostankino district court ordered her to pay a fine of 30,000 rubles ($280) on Tuesday.
She could have faced a maximum punishment of 10 days in detention for calling for illegal protests.
This charge was based not specifically on her interruption of the news broadcast, but on a video statement she released explaining the reasons for her protest and urging Russians to take to the streets.
- 'Difficult days' -
Ovsyannikova pleaded not guilty in court, saying: I am still convinced that Russia is committing a crime.
These are very difficult days in my life, she said after the ruling.
I've spent two days literally without sleep.
One of Ovsyannikova's lawyers, Daniil Berman, told AFP she also risked criminal charges and up to 15 years in jail under new legislation against fake news on the Russian military, introduced after Putin sent troops into Ukraine on February 24.
Macron, who has maintained a dialogue with Putin despite Moscow's military action, said he would bring up her case during his next conversation with the 69-year-old Russian leader.
We will launch diplomatic efforts aiming to offer (her) protection -- either at the embassy but also protection through asylum, said Macron.
I will have the chance at my next talks with President Putin to propose this solution in a very direct and concrete manner, he added.
Channel One said an internal investigation was underway. It was a highly unusual event in Russia where state media is strictly controlled.
I want to have as quickly as possible all clarity about her personal situation and her ability to continue with her work, Macron said.
EU Commission external affairs spokesman Peter Stano said she took a brave moral stance and dared to object Kremlin's lies and propaganda live on air on a state-controlled TV channel.
- 'Russians against the war' -
The incident was widely picked up by international media, while Russian publications blurred out the message on the poster to avoid running afoul of a new media law.
Thousands of people posted tributes on social media to Ovsyannikova's extraordinary courage amid a historic crackdown on the opposition in Russia.
Press freedom activists outside Russia accuse state television of painting a severely distorted picture of Moscow's military action in a bid to maintain popular support.
Ovsyannikova's message in Russian read: Stop the war. Don't believe propaganda. They are lying to you here.
It was signed in English: Russians against the war.
Ovsyannikova managed to say a few phrases in Russian, including Stop the war!, while news anchor Yekaterina Andreyeva tried to drown her out by speaking louder before the channel switched hastily to footage of a hospital.
In a video posted on social media, Ovsyannikova speaking before her action says she is ashamed to have been involved in Kremlin propaganda and describes Moscow's military action as a crime.
I'm ashamed I allowed Russian people to be zombified, she added.
Her action won praise from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who said: I am grateful to those Russians who do not stop trying to tell the truth and specifically to the lady who entered the studio of Channel One with a poster against the war.