For some further information: Marina Ovsyannikova has been charged with "organizing an unauthorized public event" [0]. The punishment can be a fine, community service or up to 10 days in jail.
So she seems to not be charged with the new law that could land her 15 years in prison.
Corroboration of the theory that it was staged? Or a sign that Russia is slowly allowing more people to speak out against the war? Or something completely different? I truly do not know what to believe these days.
Russia's MO is basically to tell absurd lies and whine about American hypocrisy, both through official channels and unofficially online. That's it. If you were reading the comment sections of newspaper articles during the annexation of Crimea, you probably remember the flood of posts expressing bizarre pro-Russian views which were entirely inconsistent with any significant Western political alignment.
This stuff is pretty easy to spot and acknowledge for what it is. Anything beyond that I would generally take as people's honest opinions.
That's a huge leap that doesn't really follow from any of the available facts.
Could you please explain your reasoning here? Why do you think this is the case? What does Russia have to gain?
"In video she talks about "brother nations" of Russia and Ukraine. This is core narrative of Russian propaganda that is used as explanation of occupation of Ukraine: "We are brothers and we should live in one country"."
It isn't just a core narrative of the propaganda. It is a deep seated in Russian psyche myth hijacked by the propaganda. Thus pretty much any Russian, even the best of the best like this woman would usually display it.
Mixed with another core myth of "Great Russia" it becomes the "Big brother" surrounded by "Little brothers". Like Ukrainians in recent TV discussion about whether to allow "good Russians" to come to Ukraine described it as "an infection what every, even good intentioned, Russian carry".
"she says that only Putin is responsible for war. It's false statement: most of Russian society support Putin, occupation and war in Ukraine."
That is just a tall order right now for any Russian there. Just voicing that way against Putin is the act of unmeasurable courage. It is already big pain to recognize it internally yourself, let alone to tell all those mostly good, at least in everyday life, people, your friends and colleagues, that they are perpetrators and supporters of genocidal war - while true, that would be shot nowhere, just costing a moral support by those people which is really important when you're going against Putin.
The "sleazy Ukrainian politician" statement however is quite an accusation, especially considering that the Ukrainian president commended her and all other brave Russians who protest and speak up.
Are you speaking about any politician in particular?
Source: https://www.businessinsider.in/politics/world/news/zelenskyy...
In short: This woman is an editor for the Russian propaganda machine, and it's very likely this was staged/is itself more propaganda aimed at the west.