Overview

• A Russian teen known for her anti-war art was removed from her home and father after his political arrest and imprisonment.
• The 13-year-old girl was placed in an orphanage and then given to her estranged mother, whom she had not lived with for years.
• The girl's father had been sentenced to two years in prison for "discrediting the Russian armed forces" through his daughter's art.
• The girl's transfer to her mother came just before a custody hearing and despite complaints over lack of access to verify the children's rights commissioner's claim the girl wanted to live with her mother.
• The commissioner is facing an international arrest warrant for her role in deporting Ukrainian children to Russia.