For the past month, the child, known as Masha, has been in a state-run orphanage, forbidden to communicate with her father. Moskalyov, a single parent, left behind not just his home but his 13-year-old daughter, Maria - though even before the verdict had been read, she appeared lost to him. Moskalyov slipped off his geotracking ankle bracelet and fled from house arrest. Years behind bars for posts on social media seemed like a foregone conclusion in contemporary Russia.
MOSCOW - Aleksei Moskalyov did not wait to hear his sentence for “discrediting the Russian Armed Forces” on Tuesday.
