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2025

A doctor at a private medical clinic in the Moscow region received four years in prison in the case of the sale of a newborn

On December 12, 2025, the Moscow Region Prosecutor's Office announced that the court had sentenced a criminal case on the sale of a newborn in Shchelkovo near Moscow. The doctor of the private medical clinic Elionora Salomova, the mother of the child Maral Avazova, as well as the married couple Nadira Ashirova and Kadyrbek Abduvapov were found guilty. Read more here.

A psychologist from a clinic near Moscow arrested in a case of trafficking in newborns

At the end of October 2025, a court in Moscow sent Irina Rudnitskaya, chairman and clinical psychologist of the Interregional Public Organization for the Protection of Family Values ​ ​ "Commonwealth of Families, Families with Children and Socially Unprotected Segments of the Population," to the pre-trial detention center. She is a defendant in a criminal case on trafficking in newborns. Read more here.

In Primorye, doctors accused of selling 13 newborns for a fee of ₽53 million

Eight medical workers of a private clinic in the Primorsky Territory were accused of trafficking in children with their illegal export abroad for a total reward of over ₽53 million. This was announced at the end of May 2025 by the regional prosecutor's office. Read more here

2024: A court in Moscow arrested an accused in a case of trafficking in newborns

Natalya Dushkina, a police officer from the Altai Territory, was sent under house arrest on suspicion of human trafficking. This was reported on May 21 by RIA Novosti. Read more here.

2023: Processed during pregnancy. In Moscow, revealed the scheme of trafficking in children

In Moscow, law enforcement agencies revealed a new scheme for trafficking in children. As it became known in mid-December 2023, the work of the black market was built on the activities of charitable foundations.

According to the RT TV channel, citing a source in the capital's department of the Investigative Committee of Russia, employees of charitable foundations posted targeted ads on social networks for women who are ready to perform an abortion in late stages, but do not have medical indications for this.

In Moscow, law enforcement agencies revealed a new scheme for trafficking in children

Women on whom the advertisement worked were invited to Moscow, promising to conduct examinations and help obtain a medical report on pathologies, which would allow them to terminate the pregnancy.

Upon arrival, they spent money on the services of "funds" and were left without funds, after which, presumably, they were introduced to the Natalya Patoka containing the shelter. She convinced women to give birth, after which, together with Yulia Loginova, she took the newborns left in the shelter and helped the accomplice with their adoption. A total of at least 13 children were "acquired" by women under the scheme, according to RT.

On October 18, 2023, the Preobrazhensky Court of Moscow arrested 47-year-old Yulia Loginova, she was suspected of human trafficking and forgery. According to the investigation, with the help of forged documents, a woman could impersonate the biological mother of the other five children, who turned out to be her non-native. At the same time, according to some reports, we are talking about at least 13 children.

In particular, in 2018-2019, Loginova twice appealed to special bodies and provided them with documents on the birth of babies. However, after checking the documents, it turned out that at that time the woman physiologically could not get pregnant and give birth. The check against Loginova began after her child was hospitalized, and illegal substances were found in his blood.^[1]

2022: Spanish surrogacy consultant in Kaliningrad sentenced to 4.5 years in prison for child trafficking

A Spanish surrogacy consultant in Kaliningrad was sentenced to 4.5 years in prison for trafficking a child. This was reported on November 7, 2022 by the Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee for the Kaliningrad Region. Read more here.

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