Belarus extradites father of Russian girl who drew anti-war pictures

Alexei Moskalyov is escorted from a courtroom in Yefremov in Russia in March. He fled house arrest and was detained two days later in Belarus. Photograph: AP

Belarus has extradited a Russian man who was separated from his daughter and sentenced to two years in prison after she drew anti-war pictures at school.

Alexei Moskalyov, a 54-year-old single parent from the town of Yefremov, 150 miles south of Moscow, fled house arrest last month, hours before a court handed him a two-year sentence for “discrediting” the Russian army.