Olga has been working since she was fourteen. Olga’s grandmother, who was raising Olga single-handedly, would buy something from Alexei. In the late 80s, Alexei was selling Orenburg down scarves, shawls, mink hats, and coats in the local market. They used to live in the neighboring villages. Olga and Alexei have known each other since childhood. He was warned against posting any… I don’t know what he’d posted, something against Russia.» However, the problem was solved quickly - I called „Yunost“ and they told me that Alexei was released and he could take Masha back any time. I couldn’t withdraw from work, they just couldn’t replace me and would leave me without my wages. I was shocked and anxious, but we had a shift. My uncle told me that Alexei was taken away for interrogation and taken into custody. My uncle said: «Olya, it’s a catastrophe - Masha has been taken to „Yunost“ ( Children’s Social Rehabilitation Centre - OVD-Info), - Olga is recalling. Masha hadn’t been attending school for some months after she had drawn an anti-war picture, then the case for «discrediting» the Russian armed forces against Alexei was opened and Masha was interrogated by the Federal Security Service, FSB. That was the village where Olga’s ex-husband Alexei and their daughter Masha lived. Suddenly the phone rang: their uncle from Efremovo was calling. They commuted from Tambov Oblast (a federal subject in the west of Russia, its administrative center is the city of Tambov) to Moscow for shifts. Together with her husband, they were security guards at the Gnesin Russian Academy of Music. Last year on the evening of 30th December Olga Sitchikhina was packing up for the night shift. The following is the story of the case’s aftermath. Read a basic recap of the Moskalevs’ case here. Teenager Masha Moskaleva was taken from her father for anti-war drawings, her dad was beaten and imprisoned.
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