Koshchei's revenge. The story of the arrest of a Kamchatka activist for a pre-war comment on social networks about a fairy-tale hero — Novaya Gazeta Evropa

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Koshchei's revenge. The story of the arrest of a Kamchatka activist for a pre-war comment on social networks about a fairy-tale hero — Novaya Gazeta Evropa

“Who will hug Anechka if her dad isn't here? Mom is both warm and light for Anechka,” these are the first lines from the song for three-year-old Anya, the daughter of Kamchatka activist Alexey Petrov. A month ago, security forces came to his house, handcuffed Alexey and took him to a pre-trial detention center. Petrov composed the song for his daughter, looking outside through the barred window under the ceiling of the cell, and it was not the p…