The mother of a Russian woman detained in Mexico told about a fabricated criminal case

A fabricated criminal case on domestic violence has been opened against Marina Romanova, the mother of 17-year-old Russian Kristina Romanova, who is being held in Mexico. The Mexican side intends to bring official charges against the woman. Marina herself told Izvestia about this on May 4.

"I am being called to formulate this accusation on May 15 — just when they will throw my daughter out without means of livelihood, without education, without housing, without any protection on the street. Meanwhile, my mother will be in court on charges of alleged domestic violence, emotional impact, that I forced her to practice music, and that we allegedly beat her," the woman explained.

Romanova clarified that she was ready to file a retaliatory charge, but the Mexican court refused to consider her application. The woman noted that she filed two lawsuits — in 2024 and 2025 — but things still have not moved "from the dead end."

Izvestia also has letters from Kristina, which she managed to hand over to the Russian consul in the summer of 2025. In them, the girl asks for help, claiming that she is being forced to take psychotropic drugs and is being turned against her mother.

"I assume that I have become a victim of organized crime, and they want to sell me when I reach the age of 18," says one of her appeals.

The Foreign Ministry is addressing the situation of the missing 17-year-old Russian woman in Mexico. What is known

On April 20, the Russian Foreign Ministry summoned the Mexican Ambassador to Moscow, Eduardo Villegas Mejias. During the conversation, the diplomat informed about the investigative interview of Kristina Romanova, which took place on April 17 in the presence of employees of the consular department of the Russian Embassy in Mexico City. It was clarified that the girl expressed her intention to stay in Mexico. Romanova's mother is convinced that her daughter's words were uttered under pressure from those who could commit violence against her. She stressed that only Kristina's letters with a request to return to the Russian Federation should be considered legitimate.

Kristina disappeared in Mexico City in 2023. According to her mother, unidentified men in the uniform of child custody officers took her out of school, put her in a minibus and drove away in an unknown direction. A year later, the girl was found in Tijuana, and then transferred to the custody of government agencies in a specialized institution for family and children. Marina Romanova claimed that her daughter was persuaded to run away from home by a stranger.

On April 15, the Russian Embassy in Mexico informed Izvestia that the situation with Romanova was under special control. On April 22, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova stressed that Russian diplomats were making every possible effort to free the girl.