Russian TV Journalist Who Fled To France After Denouncing Ukraine War Alleges ‘Poisoning’

 

French prosecutors are investigating a suspected poisoning of a Russian journalist, Marina Ovsyannikova, who fled after denouncing the war in Ukraine on live TV.

Ovsiannikova reportedly told police that she felt unwell when she opened the door to her Paris apartment and noticed a powder substance. Forensic police were sent to examine her home.

She worked for Russian state television’s Channel One before the conflict broke out, drew international headlines in March last year.

The journalist was feeling better by the afternoon but was still under medical monitoring, according to social media posts by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) secretary general Christophe Deloire, who is headquartered in Paris.