Anti-War Drawing Girl Masha Moskaleva Handed Over to Estranged Mother
Maria Moskaleva, the daughter of Russian war critic Alexei Moskalev who was detained after fleeing house arrest, has been handed over to her estranged mother. Moskalev was charged with breaking wartime censorship laws for anti-war comments he made on social media. He fled house arrest in late March and was apprehended by authorities in Minsk a few days later. The court was expected to see him deprived of custody of his daughter, but he was a no-show at the hearing. The Kremlin has defended the case against Moskalev, describing his parenting as "deplorable."