Russian man jailed for daughter's anti-war drawing alleges dire conditions in prison


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  • Tuesday, 15 Oct 2024

FILE PHOTO: A supporter of Russian citizen Alexei Moskalyov, who was convicted of discrediting the country's armed forces in the course of Russia-Ukraine military conflict, holds a t-shirt with a portrait of Moskalyov's daughter Masha outside a courthouse in the town of Yefremov in the Tula region, Russia, April 6, 2023. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina/File Photo

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Alexei Moskalyov, a Russian man jailed for two years for discrediting the army after his daughter drew an anti-war picture, alleged after his release on Tuesday that he had been held in dreadful conditions.

Moskalyov was greeted by his daughter, journalists and human right defenders after leaving a penal colony in Russia's Tula region, video on social media showed.

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