A 12-year-old’s antiwar drawing sent her father to Russian prison. Three years later, they’re starting over in Paris after a stalled bid for asylum in Germany.

In the fall of 2024, Alexei Moskalev — released from prison after being convicted of “discrediting” the Russian military — reunited with his 14-year-old daughter, Masha, and the two moved from Russia to Armenia. There, they applied for a German humanitarian visa. But in 2025, Germany effectively closed that program to Russians. In March 2026, France issued humanitarian visas to the Moskalevs. On July 17, they were granted political asylum. Bereg, a cooperative of independent journalists, spok...