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Bright sun, Ukrainian flag, a woman's hand gesture shielding from Russian drones and warplanes, and the slogan: "No to Putin, no to war".

The drawing by Russian sixth-grader Masha Moskalyova was widely shared around the world — and it was the one thing she and her father took with them "first and foremost" when they left their homeland.

Today, Masha, now 15, and her father are together, but the past years have come at a significant cost: Alexey Moskalyov spent almost two years in prison for "discrediting the Russian army" — a harsh consequence of his daughter's drawing.

It was also the direct result of the Kremlin's intensified repression against those straying from the official narrative. Since the start of Russia's full-scale

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