“According to investigators, no later than August 2019, a 22-year-old pregnant girl entered into an oral agreement with her family on the sale of her unborn baby. According to the agreement, after discharge from the hospital, she transferred the newborn boy to a married couple, ”the statement said.

It is specified that a criminal case was instituted on the grounds of a crime under paragraphs. "B, s" part 2 of article 127.1 of the Russian Criminal Code (Trafficking in human beings -. RT).

Investigators intend to ask the court to arrest the defendants in the case.

In July, the UK reported the detention in Moscow of a man who was trying to sell the girl for 500 thousand rubles.