Month: April 2023

A Russian girl sent to an orphanage after drawing an anti Ukraine war sketch at school has been taken from the facility by her mother, the Kremlin children's rights commissioner said. In a case that drew international outrage, the father of 13-year-old Maria Moskalyova was convicted of discrediting the Russian military and handed a two-year prison term, while his daughter was dispatched to the orphanage. The Kremlin children's rights ombudsperson, Maria Lvova-Belova, said on Wednesday she had met the girl's mother, who had long been separated from her husband and child. READ MORE: Ukraine President's visit tightens bonds with Poland Anti-war sketches by Russian girl Maria Moskalyova who was placed in an orphanage after she drew them at school. She has now been removed...

A well-known Russian military blogger was killed in an explosion at a cafe in St Petersburg on Sunday, officials said, in what appeared to be an audacious attack on a high-profile pro-Kremlin figure. Vladlen Tatarsky died when a blast tore through the cafe where he was appearing as a guest of a pro-war group called Cyber Front Z. Authorities said they were treating the case as suspected murder. Twenty-five other people were injured in the blast, 19 of whom were hospitalised, the city's governor said. The Russian Ministry of Health said six people were in critical condition. Investigators were questioning everyone who was inside the cafe, state media reported. Photos of the scene showed extensive damage to the building in which the cafe was located. READ MORE: Trump to fl...