A Russian state TV journalist who denounced Vladimir Putin’s attack on Ukraine live on air may have been poisoned in France.
Marina Ovsyannikova called emergency services and was hospitalised on Thursday after suddenly falling ill as she left her Paris apartment and said she suspected she was poisoned, the Paris prosecutor’s office said.
Police were examining her apartment and an investigation was underway, the prosecutor’s office added.
Ms Ovsyannikova, who worked at Russian state television Channel One, drew international attention in March 2022 after appearing behind the anchor of an evening news broadcast with a sign that said, “Stop the war, don’t believe the propaganda, they are lying to you here.”
Media watchdog Reporters Without Borders, which helped Ms Ovsyannikova escape Russia and settle in France, said its team has been “at her side’’ since she sought medical attention.
