The child was initially sent to doctors for pediatric medical screening and is now in the care of social services.
“She found a potential buyer, to whom she offered to hand over the minor for a cash payment of one million hryvnias [£18,000/$23,960],” said the Dnipropetrovsk prosecutor’s office. The woman has pleaded not guilty.
Woman says children obstacle for dating
A Russian woman was arrested in 2019 amid claims she tried to sell her children “because they were an obstacle for dating men” — an alarming signal of emotional instability following untreated postpartum disorders.
Rasulzhan Kyzy Barnokhon was caught after she tried to sell a week-old baby for £11,500 in the Russian capital, Moscow, police and activists said.
