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Tula Governor Defends Child After Local Officials Threaten Criminal Charges Over Playground Drawings

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Tula Governor Defends Child After Local Officials Threaten Criminal Charges Over Playground Drawings
The Moscow Times
The Moscow Times41 mins ago
Tula Governor Defends Child After Local Officials Threaten Criminal Charges Over Playground Drawings
Authorities in the town of Bolokhovo said they had filed a police complaint after identifying a child who drew characters from a popular animated series onto the rubber safety surface of a newly renovated playground.
Meduza
Meduza🏁 first to report6 hrs ago
In Russia, a child painted cartoon characters on a playground. Authorities threatened the child and their parents with criminal charges.
The city administration in Bolokhovo, a town in Russia’s Tula region, has filed a police complaint after someone painted the Smeshariki characters onto the rubber surface of a children’s playground. The administration reported the complaint on its official page.
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