Would you be as brave ?

Give us some credit, volver, or have you not heard of Salisbury?

Read the 3 or so posts above mine merlotgran.

volver

Read the 3 or so posts above mine merlotgran.

I did….and?

Apologies everyone, for the diversion.

Amazingly brave, we will never see or hear from that lady again
I hope and pray she and her children are now on their way out of Russia
be interesting to find out her fate!

Well, here she is!!

No one knows until they are in that position, it was so brave of her and although she’s not in prison, I am sure Putin will target her. It’s a dreadful situation over there, all because of the madman.

Wow she was soo brave!
To answer your question , no I’m certain I wouldn’t be that brave ! I’m a total wimp and I’m sure must come from a long line of ancestors who ran away and hid during every battle or when encountered with any danger lol
I’m think she’s amazing though !!

So it seems the majority are agreed that we're in awe of Marina Ovsyannikova's bravery, and clear we aren't so brave ourselves.

But maybe we don't all need to be so brave! We each need to play our part. We can help by keeping her "in the public eye", and hope that way to save her from the fate we believe is probably hers.

I remember marching to protest Tony Blair's war against Iraq (among others). P...ing in the wind, but I did hope he might see the wrongness of his intentions. We live in a world where such decisions are made by a tiny minority. And money is made (selling arms) on the back of those decisions. "How the West got Rich".

I would probably not been as brave, especially if I had young children as she has.

The fine was for her video, but that ,means she has not faced any charges in relation to disrupting the news program,

She could still end up being jailed for a long time.

I am in awe of Marina's bravery.

I see on the BBC site that there has been several resignations, some quite prominent journalists on Russian TV since her protest.

That is indeed good news Faranah

I've been to Russia on a cruise. We booked a taxi tour with a guide. The guide was very good and knew everything about the buildings. We asked him if he'd ever been to England. He said no he never fancied England but maybe France one day. The driver was silent and didnt speak. In the art gallery alone with the guide he told me he would love to come to England but they would never let him go as he worked for the government as a guide and was valuable to them. He said don't say anything in front of the taxi driver. On the way back to the ship we were in a huge traffic jam. Our 'taxi driver' took a card from his pocket and waved it out of the window. The traffic parted, busses and lorries mounted the pavement and we went straight through.
People in Russia are not at all free. I feel sorry for this woman and hope she's ok.

Not the Ipcress file volver - think Salisbury. She is being paraded before the media as having had a fair trial - we should not fall for this. Putin will not be mocked or thwarted. She will pay the price, poor brave woman.

I hope I might have been that brave when I was young, I was a risk-taker and got furious at lies. Lost that daredevilry when I had my first son though. If it is publicised in Russia that she got off lightly (although she probably hasn't in the long run) that is a double-edged propaganda as it's sending a message in Russia that dissent is tolerated - & hopefully might embolden others who are less brave.

.... which is precisely what Putin will not allow to happen ...