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Russian girl who drew antiwar sketch leaves orphanage

ASSOCIATED PRESS

A Russian girl sent to an orphanage after drawing an antiwar sketch at school has been taken from the facility by her mother, the Kremlin children's rights commissioner said Wednesday.

In a case that drew international outrage, the father of 13-year-old Maria Moskalyova was convicted of discrediting the Russian military and handed a two-year prison term, while his daughter was dispatched to the orphanage.

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