US woman who took calf on walk in Moscow’s Red Square banned entry into Russia for 40 years

The Moscow police’s migration service has banned US citizen Alicia Day from entering Russia for 40 years after the animal rights activist took a calf for a walk in the Red Square, TASS reports.

The woman will not be able to enter Russia until 2063. She told reporters that her decision to leave Russia was voluntary.

Day was also accused of violating rules of entry and stay in Russia by a foreigner. This charge carries a fine of up to 7,000 rubles (€88) and potential deportation. However, the court refused to consider the materials after finding faults in them.

The court said that Day was living in Russia without a registration. The woman claimed she did not know she was obliged to get one.

In early February, a Moscow court arrested US human rights activist Alicia Day for 13 days and fined her 20,000 rubles (€250).

I like to sometimes walk farm animals, because sometimes people tell me that they start eating less meat after meeting my animals. But this time, I just wanted to spend time with her,” Day told Izvestia.

TASS reports that Day previously went on a walk with a ram in Warsaw, she also lived in London in 2019 where she saved a pig from slaughter and moved it into her apartment.