Father of girl behind anti-war drawing flees Russian jail term.
A Russian man, Alexei Moskalyov, whose daughter drew an anti-war picture at school, has been sentenced to two years in a penal colony on charges of discrediting the armed forces. Moskalyov was accused of repeatedly discrediting the Russian army, an act that was outlawed shortly after Russia’s President Vladimir Putin sent troops into Ukraine and that carries a jail sentence of several years. His daughter has been placed in a children’s home since he was placed under house arrest at the start of this month. The case has provoked an outcry among Russian human rights activists and sparked an online campaign to reunite father and daughter.
