A Russian journalist who was fined and released after she protested against the war in Ukraine on a live TV news programme earlier this year says she feels Ukrainian and will change her surname as a sign of support, APA reports citing BBC.
Marina Ovsyannikova - who says her father is Ukrainian - announced the move in a post on Facebook.
"I'm not a 'good Russian', I'm Ukrainian. As a sign of support of Ukraine, I intend to change the surname of Ovsyannikov to the native Tkachuk."
Formerly an editor at Russian state-controlled Channel One, she was shortly detained in March in Russia after she ran on to the set of the channel holding a sign saying "no war".
She has since emigrated to Germany.
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