In the Tula region, police detained a 53-year-old resident of the city of Efremov Alexei Moskalev, whose daughter Maria drew an anti-war drawing in the spring of 2022 during a drawing lesson. The man is accused of having repeatedly “discredited” the army (Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). It is reported by “Dozhd” * with reference to city deputy Olga Podolskaya.
Maria studied in sixth grade, her father raises her alone. In Efremov he bred ornamental birds and kept a small farm. In April last year, during an art class, a teacher asked her students to draw pictures in support of Russian troops in Ukraine. Moskalev’s daughter drew the Russian and Ukrainian flags, the first was written “No *****”, the second – “Glory to Ukraine”. The figure also depicts a woman with a child on which rockets fly.
Moskalev told OVD-Info* that school principal Larisa Trofimova called the police after seeing the drawing. She herself denies this and calls it nonsense. The next day, the man came to school. He claims that when he saw him, the manager called the police again. Police found on Moskalev’s pages in VKontakte and Odnoklassniki pro-Ukraine comments and caricatures of Russian President Vladimir Putin. An administrative protocol was drawn up against him on the “discrediting” of the army (part 1 of article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Violations) for one of Odnoklassniki’s comments. To research a fine a man for 32 thousand rubles.
According to Moskalev, FSB officers arrived at the school a day later, telling him that he was raising his daughter incorrectly and suggesting that Maria “lead some kind of youth team to support Russian troops”. After that, the girl no longer went to school.
At the end of December, they came to the Moskalevs with a search. According to him, the security forces seized money, documents, a computer, cell phones. After the search, Moskalev was taken for questioning by the FSB, and his daughter was taken “to a social institution”, he said. The man claims he was asked ‘who is your boss, who do you work for’. Criminal proceedings have been brought against him for repeated “discrediting” of the army. He also said he was beaten during the interrogation. According to Vladimir Biliyenko, a lawyer for OVD-Info*, the decision to initiate criminal proceedings indicates that Moskalev “again made statements” about the military operation.
The next day, Moskalev took his daughter from the orphanage, and they decided to leave town. He gave away his birds.
According to city deputy Olga Podolskaya, Moskalev was arrested on the morning of March 1 and taken to the investigative committee. Podolskaya told Mediazone* that Moskalev’s daughter was taken to Efremov, now she is in the care of guardianship authorities. According to Biliyenko, they decided to leave his client for the night in a remand center.
* registered by the Ministry of Justice of Russia in the register of foreign agents
In the Tula region, the father of a schoolgirl was arrested for drawing an anti-war drawing in class

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