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The Kremlin has broken its silence on the case of a single father sentenced to prison after his daughter’s anti-war drawing provoked the wrath of Vladimir Putin’s security services.
Dmitry Peskov, Putin’s spokesman, told reporters on Wednesday the case against Alexei Moskalev is not as “straightforward” as it seems and attacked him for his “lamentable” parenting.
“Indeed, [it was] very lamentable with the performance of parental duties and with the provision of the child’s living,” Peskov claimed, saying the case against Moskalev is actually “very old.”
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