Russian TV journalist Marina Ovsianikova was arrested on Sunday for her renewed protest against the Ukraine war, media reports said.
Ovsyanikova had previously demanded, on air, through one of the most watched programs in Russia, to stop the Ukrainian war, which is about to complete its fifth month.
Pictures posted on Ovsianikova's Telegram channel on Sunday showed police officers putting her inside a police minibus.
It was reported that she was transferred to the Krasnoselsky police station in the capital (Moscow).
An official statement was not immediately issued regarding the reasons for this arrest, but it comes a few days after Ovsiannikova demonstrated alone near the Kremlin, waving a banner criticizing the military intervention in Ukraine and President Vladimir Putin.
Ovsyanikova was fined after her appearance on the live broadcast of the Russian (European) channel.
And people close to the journalist published a message on her account on Telegram, saying that "Marina has been arrested, and there is no information about her whereabouts."
This message was accompanied by 3 photos showing two policemen transporting Ovsianikova, 44, to a white pickup truck, after it was apparently stopped while traveling on a bicycle.
Her lawyer, Dmitry Zakhatov, confirmed to the Russian news agency RIA Novosti that his client had been arrested, saying that he did not know where she had been taken.
"I suppose this is somehow related to the protest" she made, he said.
On Friday, Ovsianikova posted pictures on Telegram, waving a banner near the Kremlin denouncing the deaths of Ukrainian children, and describing Putin as a "murderer."
In theory, such a move could expose her to legal prosecution for spreading "false information" and "discrediting" the military;
They are two charges that could face severe prison sentences.
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Ovsyanikova, born to a Russian mother and Ukrainian father in Odessa, worked until March as an editor for Channel One of Russian television.
In March, she made headlines around the world when she stormed her channel's evening news with a "No to War" sign in English.
This was an unusual occurrence in Russia, where state media are subject to strict control.
Ovsianikova was detained, questioned for 14 hours before being released, and ordered to pay a fine of 30,000 rubles ($280).
Immediately after her protest, Ovsyannikova was hailed by the West as a hero, and she got a new job;
Freelance reporter for the German newspaper "Die Welt".
But a Die Welt spokeswoman told AFP that Ovsiannikova no longer worked for the newspaper.
In early June, Ovsyanikova traveled to Ukraine to cover the war as a freelance reporter for Russian media.
The journalist had announced in early July that she had returned to Russia to settle a custody dispute over her two children.
There are still voices within the Russian opposition blaming Ovsyanikova for her years working for the Kremlin's mouthpiece, Pervy Kanal.