Russian authorities have actually jailed a single daddy and sent his daughter to an orphanage after she drew an anti-war image at school, the independent rights watchdog OVD-Info reported Wednesday.Alexei Moskalev, 53, and his daughter Masha Moskaleva, 12, pertained to the attention of local police in the town of Yefremov in the Tula region, south of Moscow, in April 2022, when Moskaleva drew an anti-war painting in her sixth-grade art class.
The painting featured a Ukrainian flag and a Russian flag with the phrases No to war and Glory to Ukraine composed on it, as well as a woman shielding her child from Russian missiles.
Moskalevas art teacher flagged her painting to the school principal, who reported the occurrence to the authorities.
Days later, Moskalev was charged with discrediting the Russian military for an anti-war remark he left on the Russian social networks platform Odnoklassniki, OVD-Info reported.His daughter was gone to at school by Federal Security Service (FSB) officers, according to OVD-Info.
In December, the authorities opened a criminal case versus Moskalev, accusing him of repeated offenses of wartime censorship laws that criminalize discrediting the Russian military-- charges that are now punishable by as much as 3 years in jail.Moskalev and his child left Yefremov after their home was browsed and Moskalev was strongly questioned by security forces.
Following his arrest Wednesday, Moskalev was taken to the Yefremov Investigative Committee head office, OVD-Info reported, citing a regional volunteer.
His child, who was left home alone after her dads arrest, was taken to a foster care center in Yefremov, according to the watchdog.Russian lawmakers banned statements that discredit the military or spread incorrect info about the armed forces quickly after the country got into Ukraine in February 2022.
The laws have actually subsequently been utilized to silence demonstration and to penalize anti-war belief across the country, with hundreds of individuals currently being prosecuted.