A single father who was sentenced to jail for discrediting the Russian army is on the run after fleeing detention, a twist in a case that emerged out of a drawing by his daughter and has highlighted the depths of the Kremlin’s crackdown on free speech.
A single father who was sentenced to jail for discrediting the Russian army was on the run Wednesday after fleeing detention, a dramatic twist in a case that emerged out of a drawing by his 13-year-old daughter and has highlighted the depths of the Kremlin’sAlexei Moskalyov, 54, from the small town of Yefremov, south of Moscow, was convicted Tuesday over social media posts that were critical of theand sentenced to two years in prison.
Vladimir Biliyenko, Moskalyov’s lawyer, told NBC News by phone Wednesday that he doesn’t know where his client is and how he had apparently fled house arrest. Biliyenko said investigators in December opened a criminal case against Moskalyov for “discrediting Russian armed forces” based on his social media activity around the war in Ukraine last year. He was detained March 1 and his daughter was taken away to a social rehabilitation center for minors, the lawyer said. Moskalyov was officially charged the next day and confined to house arrest, he added.
“Know that we will win, that victory will be ours, no matter what happens, we are together, we are a team, you are the best,” Maria wrote, according to the letter. Its contents were confirmed by Biliyenko after another lawyer who said Moskalyov forwarded him the letter released it publicly.
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