Escaping Putin’s Russia: A father and daughter persecuted over a drawing, now in exile in France.

Benjamin Quénelle   Le Monde29 March 2026
Alexei Moskalyov and his daughter, Maria, are symbolic victims of the Kremlin’s repression. The father was jailed after posting an anti-war drawing his teenage daughter made at school.

They have just arrived in France and are under humanitarian protection.