Russia TV host calls Ukraine intervention 'wrong' on-air - video

A TV presenter working for the Kremlin-funded broadcaster Russia Today (RT) has denounced as "wrong" her country's "military intervention" in Ukraine. "I can't stress enough how strongly I am against any state intervention in a sovereign nation's affairs," Abby Martin declared in her news programme.

RT said it respected Ms Martin's views, and that she would not be reprimanded.

"Just because I work here doesn't mean I don't have editorial independence," she said, adding: "What Russia did was wrong." "I will not sit here and apologise for, or defend, military aggression," she said.

In response to the journalist's on-air statement, the Russian TV channel said: "Contrary to the popular opinion, RT doesn't beat its journalists into submission, and they are free to express their own opinions, not just in private but on the air." The broadcaster added that it would send Ms Martin to Crimea to "give her an opportunity to make up her own mind from the epicentre of the story".

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26440556

Here is the video of her commentary.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=opamlS-arxk

RT did not say when Ms. Martin would be sent to Crimea. (RT seems to think that she needs "an opportunity to make up her own mind" while it sounds like she already has a strong opinion). I can't get Russia Today America here. It will be interesting to see when her trip to Crimea occurs.