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Russian journalist describes her ‘chaotic’ escape to France

Marina Ovsyannikova, a former Russian TV editor, who was under house arrest, described her journey across Europe last October.

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Marina Ovsyannikova, the former Russian state TV editor who famously interrupted a live news broadcast to protest against the start of the Ukraine war, has described her “chaotic” escape from house arrest in Moscow and how she fled across Europe to seek asylum in France, reports The Guardian.

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