A mother has been arrested amid claims she tried to sell her children 'because they were an obstacle for dating men'.
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 say.
The 23-year-old had come to the capital from the south-western city of Ufa and met her buyers, who collaborated with the police.
After receiving the equivalent of £11,512 for her one-week-old daughter, Barnokhon was arrested.
Police say this was the second time the mother had tried to sell her children.
She is said to have made her first such attempt six months ago - on that occasion trying to sell her older daughter, who was just one.
At the time, Barnokhon, who was already pregnant with her third child, posted a message on social media saying: 'Looking for adoptive parents for a one-year-old girl. Moscow.'
The message was spotted by activists at NGO 'Alternativa' who fight human trafficking.
Alternativa activist Yulia, who pretended to be a buyer, said: 'She [Barnokhon] said that she met a man online and wanted to date him.
'But before that, she wanted to sell her children who, according to her, were an 'obstacle for dating men'.
'She was not interested in the further fate of her children and told me that 'after the deal is done, we do not know each other'.
All Rasulzhan Barnokhon's children are from different men, reports say. The investigation is ongoing.
Mother 'who tried to sell children' is caught in Russia'
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 say.
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