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It's streamed. It's in French. There are no subtitles.

But Marina is a reporter who escaped Russia from house arrest, after she brandished an anti-war sign on camera in a Russian TV news studio.

Her story in articles:

The initial event. (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/14/russian-tv-emp...)

She was fined $280. She was offered political asylum by France but declined it. (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/20/marina-ovsyann...)

She then got a job with Die Welt as a Russian correspondent. (https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-61071163)

Ukrainians in Germany protested the hiring of a Russian reporter. (https://twitter.com/dw_ukrainian/status/1514860587393720323, https://www.eurointegration.com.ua/rus/news/2022/04/15/71378...)

Conspiracy theorists think she is a double agent. (https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/05/01/the-myster...)

She returned to her hometown of Odessa, but the Ukrainian government has designated her an enemy of the state. (https://myrotvorets.center/criminal/ovsyannikova-marina-vlad...