Russian man sentenced to 2 years in prison over daughter’s anti-war drawings

Russian man sentenced to 2 years in prison over daughter’s anti-war drawings
AFP
Wednesday 29 March 2023 - 15:37

A Russian man was sentenced to two years in prison after his 12-year-old daughter an anti-war picture at school.

Alexey Moskalyov’s daughter drew a picture of Russian missiles being fired at a Ukrainian family and wrote “No to war” and “Glory to Ukraine” during her art class, causing the school to call the police.

Moskalyov’s house was subsequently searched by police for “discrediting” the Russian army based on his comments on social media.

According to Russian state news agency RIA Novosti, Moskalyov was indicted with “discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation” for anti-war posts made online.

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