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Russian girl who drew anti-war picture leaves orphanage with mother, commissioner says

Maria Moskalyov, 13, (left) has reportedly been reunited with her mother, Olga. (Supplied: Maria Lvova-Belova)

A Russian girl sent to an orphanage after drawing an anti-war picture, for which her father was convicted for discrediting the armed forces, has been collected by her mother who has not lived with the family for at least seven years.

Russia introduced severe punishments for discrediting the nation's armed forces after President Vladimir Putin ordered troops into Ukraine in 2022.

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