Exiled for a drawing: The Russian father and daughter who stood up to Putin
In March 2022, Maria Moskaleva, who goes by Masha, was 12 years old. At her school in a small town in western Russia, she drew a picture protesting the Russian offensive launched a month earlier in Ukraine. Immediately denounced to the police by...
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Source: France 24
In March 2022, Maria Moskaleva, who goes by Masha, was 12 years old. At her school in a small town in western Russia, she drew a picture protesting the Russian offensive launched a month earlier in Ukraine. Immediately denounced to the police by those around her, the FSB came to her school and home. Police raids and arrests followed. Fully supporting his young daughter and also expressing his own opposition to the war, Masha's father was imprisoned for "discrediting" the Russian army. Upon his release, the pair fled Russia. Now refugees in Strasbourg France, they carry resentment not only toward Vladimir Putin, but all those that support him. France 24’s Elena Volochine wen to meet them.
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