In the first article for Die Welt, Russian journalist Marina Ovsyannikova, who became famous for showing an antiwar sign on television, apologizes for helping Moscow propaganda. “I am sincerely sorry that I helped zombie Russians with state propaganda… I helped, up until the day I protested. And I’m ashamed of it.” And again: “I worked for the Russian state broadcaster Pervyy Kanal for many years and was involved in the creation of propaganda … One of the tasks was to constantly tell how bad life in the United States, in the West in general and is in Ukraine… My job also included analyzing influential international newspapers to look for articles that spoke well of Putin and Russia. Ovsyannikova says that she is a separated mother of two and has to work. He also sees himself criticized by independent journalists who “have risked their lives for many years to fight against the system.” For them, he explains, he has nothing but gratitude and admiration. Finally, to those who believe she is a British spy in Russia or a Russian spy in Ukraine, or to anyone who “denies her the opportunity to report independently because of my past,” she replies: “I cannot undo what I have done. I can only try to do everything possible to help destroy this machine and end this war. After all, according to Ovsyannikova, after Bucha “all Russians have a collective responsibility. As the Germans have for theirs crimes in World War II we will have to ask forgiveness for what we did for decades to come.
