Anti-war activist interrupts live Russian state TV news show

An independent human rights group that monitors political arrests identified the woman as Marina Ovsyannikova Picture: Screengrab/OVD-Info

A live evening news programme on Russia’s state television channel has been interrupted by a person who walked into the studio holding a poster protesting the war in Ukraine.

The moment was a risky protest in a country where independent media has been blocked or shuttered and it has become illegal to contradict the government’s narrative of the war.