Fact check: News is broadcast live on Russian TV, no evidence antiwar protest was fake

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The claim: A protest during a Russian news broadcast was staged because 'there are no live on-air television broadcasts in Russia'
Russian state-owned media outlets have for weeks presented an alternate reality of the invasion of Ukraine, characterizing the war as a “peacekeeping operation” and pushing disinformation.

Online, some claim a Russian producer's antiwar protest during a live evening newscast was just another propaganda stunt.

“There are no live on-air television broadcasts in Russia. None. Ever,” reads a March 15 Facebook post that generated more than 400 interactions within six days. “Like most of the world, I saw the video of the ‘brave Russian woman’ yesterday. On the one hand I thought, ‘oh, wow, amazing’. But at the same time, there was something that felt off.”