Russian lecturer goes into hiding with two sons in UK custody battle

A Russian academic embroiled in an international tug-of-love dispute with his British-based former wife has gone into hiding with their two sons in defiance of a court order, lawyers say.

Ilya Neustadt, 37, and children Daniel, seven, and Jonathan, five, are thought to be in Russia and have not been seen for several months, say solicitors representing the boys’ mother Rachael Neustadt.