French authorities investigate suspected poisoning of Russian journalist Marina Ovsyannikova
- Marina Ovsyannikova fell ill in her Paris apartment and suspected she had been poisoned.
- Ovsyannikova gained prominence for protesting Russia's war against Ukraine during a live state TV broadcast.
- The former Russian state TV journalist had recently escaped from house arrest in Russia to France.
- French police are examining Ovsyannikova's Paris apartment and prosecutors have opened an investigation.
- Ovsyannikova was previously convicted in Russia of discrediting the military and sentenced to prison in absentia.