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A Russian man has escaped being imprisoned for two years after his daughter created a ‘No to War’ poster at school. The children at her school had been asked to create artwork inspired by Russian troops. But 13-year-old Masha drew Kremlin missiles aimed at a woman and child and wrote the phrases ‘Glory to Ukraine’ and ‘No to War’. Her single father, Alexei Moskalyov, was soon after hauled into the school and questioned, whilst his daughter was taken to a ‘rehabilitation centre’, part of the state orphanage system. An investigation revealed that Alexei was found to have ‘repeatedly discredited the army’ and was ordered to spend two years in a harsh penal colony. But the single father wasn’t there to hear the sentence.Court officials revealed he had ‘escaped’ the night before the court session, with his whereabouts unknown. A petition signed by almost 150,000 called Masha’s treatment ‘monstrous’ and cites experts saying there are ‘no legal grounds’ to incarcerate her in a ‘rehabilitation’ centre. The girl’s fate will later be decided by the social services authorities.