Russian journalist Marina Ovsyannikova faces prison time after she held up a banner critical of President Putin’s actions in Ukraine.

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Russian journalist Marina Ovsyannikova, who was fined three times for criticizing the war in Ukraine, has now been detained and faces 10 years in prison if convicted, her lawyer said. Ovsyannikova’s home was raided and she was taken for questioning Wednesday.

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