Paris CNN —Marina Ovsyannikova, the journalist who interrupted a live broadcast on Russian state TV with an anti-war protest sign at the onset of the Ukraine war, has told CNN that she was stripped of her parental custody rights by a Moscow court “for political reasons.”“I am stunned and shocked by the decision of this court,” Ovsyannikova told CNN on Thursday. Earlier this month, Ovsyannikova told CNN’s Erin Burnett that her relatives who remained in Russia, including her mother and her son, testified against her in court. Speaking about the court’s custody ruling on Thursday, Ovsyannikova told CNN she hopes that France, where she has been granted political asylum, will not allow her daughter to be handed over to Russian authorities. Ovsyannikova reiterated her disillusionment with the Russian judicial system, saying, “I have no illusions left in regards to Russian jurisdiction. All courts in Russia are controlled by the Kremlin.”Earlier this week, a Russian court ordered US-Russian journalist Alsu Kurmasheva to be held in detention until December 5 for failing to register as a foreign agent, according to her employer.

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