Belarus handed over to Russia Alexei Moskalev, who was sentenced to two years for “discrediting” the army and who escaped house arrest before being sentenced. About this RIA Novosti informed Head of the Information and Public Relations Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Belarus Natalya Sakharchuk.
“I confirm,” Sakharchuk said, commenting on earlier reports of Moskalev’s extradition to Russia.
On April 12, OVD-Info* reported that Moskalev, who was in a remand center in the Belarusian town of Zhodino, had been extradited to Russia. The post referred to a “local human rights activist” who had tried to visit a Russian man in a remand center.
Last spring, the daughter of Alexei Moskalev drew an anti-war drawing at school, after which law enforcement became interested in the family. An administrative protocol was drawn up against my father, then a criminal case was opened for “discrediting” the army. Moskalev was placed under house arrest, the child was sent to a social rehabilitation center.
On March 28, the court sentenced Moskalev to two years in a penal colony, but he escaped house arrest on the morning of the same day. A day later, lawyer Dmitry Zakhvatov said that Moskalev had been detained in Belarus. The Ministry of the Interior of the Republic confirmed this information. Daughter of Alexei Moskalev taken his mother, who lives in the Tambov region.
- registered by the Ministry of Justice of Russia in the register of foreign agents
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