Putin ‘doesn’t have enough Novichok for all his critics’, ex-state journalist says

Russian dissident Marina Ovsyannikova also discussed how Vladimir Putin could lose power

Joseph Rachman
Thursday 11 May 2023 22:11 BST
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Putin ‘doesn’t have enough Novichok’ to kill opponents, claims former state journalist

An "isolated" Vladimir Putin does not have enough poison to kill all his critics, a former Russian state TV journalist has said.

Marina Ovsyannikova made global headlines last year when she sprinted onto a live show on Channel One Russia, where she had been employed since 2003, with a sign that read "Stop the war, don't believe the propaganda, here you are being lied to."

Now Ms Ovsyannikova hopes Putin could be forced from power by members of the Russian elite.

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