Marina Ovsyannikova was fined by a Moscow court for disparaging the Russian army's actions in Ukraine.
A Moscow court imposed a fine on journalist Marina Ovsyannikova for disparaging the Russian army while criticizing Russia's intervention in Ukraine on live television.
Ovsyannikova, an editorial director at state-run Channel One, was ordered on Thursday by Moscow's Meshchansky district court to pay penalties of 50,000 roubles ($806).
"The proof shows Ovsyannikova is guilty. There is no basis to question its veracity, the judge ruled.
Ovsyannikova deemed the accusations against her "absurd" and rejected them.
The hearing on Thursday concerned posts she made to social media in which she predicted that those willing to take responsibility for Russia's words and deeds in Ukraine would stand trial before an arbitration panel.
She appeared at Moscow's Basmanny district court earlier this month to assist city councillor Ilya Yashin, according to her attorney Dmitry Zakhvatov and spoke out against Moscow's intervention in Ukraine. She was fined for this, he claimed.
One of the last notable opposition figures still living in Russia, Yashin, was put in pre-trial confinement for two months in mid-July for criticizing Moscow's offensive in Ukraine.
War is horrifying.
Earlier this month, Ovsyannikova, a 44-year-old young mother, was briefly detained.
Her arrest followed several days of her holding a sign in a solitary protest near the Kremlin, denouncing Russian President Vladimir Putin's military intervention in Ukraine.
The journalist, according to Zakhvatov, is currently in Russia and has no plans at the moment to depart.
Ovsyannikova gained notoriety in March after she interrupted a live TV broadcast to criticize Russia's military intervention in Ukraine; she was fined 30,000 roubles ($484) as a result.
Moscow passed laws imposing sentences of up to 15 years in prison for disseminating information about the military considered false by the authorities after sending troops to Ukraine for what it calls a "special military operation" against Ukraine.
Ovsyannikova reiterated her protest in court and vowed to stand by her statement. She claimed that she did not comprehend why she was there or why she was being scrutinized.
What's happening is absurd, she declared. The horror, blood, and shame of war.
She continued, "You accuse me of continuing to spread monkeypox, which is like your accusation." "The trial's goal is to intimidate everyone around the Russian Federation who opposes the war."
In her description of Russia as an act of aggression nation, she claimed: "Our government's biggest crime was starting this war."
Ovsyannikova's attorney claimed that she had the freedom to express herself in compliance with Paragraph 29 of something like the Russian constitution, something that safeguards the right to free speech. However, the judge rejected the attorney's claims.
Ovsyannikova is not the subject of any criminal prosecution that has been initiated by Russian authorities.
Following her protest in March, Ovsyannikova traveled and worked for Germany's Die Welt.
She made the announcement that she was going back to Russia at the beginning of July to resolve a custody battle for her two kids.