police had just detained her father for anti war social media posts. masha was taken to a children s home. it was on i march. but the story began last year with a picture. 12 year old masha drew it at school. glory to ukraine, it says, no to war, as russian missiles fly in. then, the problems started. town counsellor olga podolskaya says masha s father, a single parent, contacted her to say the school, shocked by the drawing, had called the police. translation: her father, alexei, told me he was - dumbfounded. then, the police began checking his social media. they told him he was bringing up his daughter in a bad way. the authorities want everyone to toe the line. no one is allowed to have their own opinion. alexei is under house arrest and not allowed to talk to us.
Daniil Berman, a human rights lawyer, and dozens more politicians from across Russia have added their voices to a growing chorus of people calling on Putin to resign over the Ukraine war.