Simultaneously, the journalist shouted “stop the war” and “no war” several times in the middle of the broadcast.
The channel, one of the main Russian state television channels, confirmed the incident and opened an investigation into what it called an “accident with an intruder.”
According to the head of the human rights protection group Pavel Chikov, the journalist, Marina Ovsianikova, was detained by the police, notes Sputnik.
A video circulated on social networks of the journalist calling Russia’s current war operations against Ukraine “aggression” and blaming President Vladimir Putin directly.
After saying that he was “very ashamed” to work for Channel 1 because he told lies, he accused television of “zombifying Russian people”, and called for them to take to the streets.