Freedom of speech, like freedom in principle, exists in Russia, but, as usual, there is a nuance. For speaking out against the Kremlin's general agenda, even in a child's drawing, Russians face a criminal case and even taking the child away from the family.
This is confirmed by a case in a small town in the Tula region, where a sixth-grader Masha Moskaleva expressed her position, which runs counter to the generally accepted one. According to the Russian non-state human rights media project OVD-Info, she did this at a fine arts lesson. 24 Channel .
Both father and daughter are against the war in Ukraine
So, back in April 2022, at a lesson where children were hammered into the head to support the Russian invaders and asked to make drawings in support of the invaders in Ukraine, the girl drew an anti-war picture. She wrote “No to war” and “Glory to Ukraine” on it.
Obviously, this was the result of the upbringing of a single father, Alexei, who also opposes the war in Ukraine and is not afraid to write about it on the Internet. For such an act, the child was taken to the police several times and the police were called to the school, although, of course, this is denied at the school. Not without “educational conversations” with the so-called law enforcement officers.
The father of a girl who disagrees with the Kremlin / RosSMI
Orphanage for a picture in the lesson
The FSB continued to collect information on the man for his statements, and this incident became another reason to initiate a criminal case against him under the article on discrediting the Russian army because of comments on social networks. Thus, a man was fined 32,000 rubles for commenting on the social network “Russian Army. Rapists are next to us.”
However, at this, the security forces of the occupying country will come to him with a search before the New Year, the equipment and all the savings of the family are confiscated. Moreover, the searches were carried out pompously, with a large number of people and knocking out doors.
The child himself can now end up in an orphanage, where the state, and not the father, will explain what is “good” and what is “evil.” Therefore, due to the persecution of the family, they had to leave everything, in particular, their own small zoo and leave their hometown.
If the case goes to court, Alexei faces three years in prison. However, he is most afraid for his daughter, because if he is arrested, Masha can be sent to an orphanage.
