A criminal group, of which the Federal Police did not publish the proper or assigned name, brought women pregnant Russian women to Argentina so that they could have their children in the country and obtained bogus documents to process citizenship in our territory for both them and their newborns.
These women pregnantwith approximately 33 or 34 months of gestation, by paying up to US$35,000, they obtained access to a sanatorium where they gave birth and falsified documents to process the Argentine citizenshipobtaining in the process, the passport of our country with which you can enter 171 countries without a visa.
Through a Federal Police operation in Puerto Madero, Autonomous City of Buenos Aires (CABA), two searches were carried out in luxury buildings, where dollars, computers and immigration documents were found. The band that brought the women pregnant, who intended to make the illegal crossing to obtain Argentine citizenship, did not immediately raise suspicions because it is presumed that the women They were escaping from the Russo-Ukrainian war.
Regarding the numbers of pregnant Russians arriving in the country, Between 2022 and early 2023, the National Directorate of Migration recorded that approximately 10,500 pregnant women entered our country. Only in the last three months, the average income of Russian people in this condition was 33 per day (5,819 in three months). Both the gang and the applicants lied when declaring the reason for their visit to the country, in addition, possible human trafficking is being investigated.
The company behind and the actions of Carignano
The case of women who come to the country to have their children and acquire nationality with bogus documents became relevant when the national director of Migrations, Florencia Carignano, ordered the arrest of the entry of six young adults and their subsequent extradition.
So far, it is known that those interested in giving birth in Argentina counted on the planning and execution by RuArgentina, an organization presumably managed by Kirill Makoveev. This organization coordinates the trip from Russia to Argentina, the arrival in the country, delivery assistance in private clinics in CABA and the intervention of lawyers who obtain citizenship in five months with forged documents, without even requiring the young woman or the father are in our territory.
