THE mum of missing Brit boy Oliver Pugh has broken her silence after she is feared to have abducted the lad and bundled him to Russia.
Oliver, three, vanished along with his Russian influencer mum, Anastasiia Chikina, six weeks ago – just before a court could block her custody of the boy.
SuppliedAnastasiia Chikina, 32, is Oliver’s mum who is wanted by Spanish police for his suspected abduction[/caption]
SuppliedOliver loves Lego, cars and planes[/caption]
InstagramAnastasiia put out a cryptic Instagram message, referencing the truth about her child[/caption]
Oliver’s distraught dad yesterday launched a £87,000 (€100,000) cash reward in a desperate bid to bring his son back home to Marbella.
Now Anastasiia, 32, a relationship influencer with 140,000 followers, has released a cryptic message vowing the “truth will come out”.
She makes money by charging people on the internet for coaching sessions on how to succeed in relationships and marriages – though she has never been married.
From a mystery location – presumably with Oliver in her clutches – she wrote: “We have a difficult conversation to have.
“Talk about how scary it is when the system is against the child.
“We have time, not much, but we have it, to understand the truth.
“The truth will not be pleasant to everyone, it usually remains behind closed doors, but here it comes out.”
A Marbella court gave Oliver’s dad full custody this summer, ordering Anastasia to hand over the boy’s passport and stay put.
Oliver’s dad, 36, who doesn’t wish to be named, told The Sun: “We have no idea where they are – Oliver could be anywhere.
“Anastasiia appears to have run off with Oliver when she realised she was going to lose custody.”
He claims: “She devised a plan to secure not only primary custody but also continued use of our family home in Marbella – but it failed.
“As a result, she was set to lose custody and face a period of limited supervised visits.
“Rather than face that outcome, she appears to have fled — even taking her teenage sister out of school.”
The dad fondly describes Oliver as a “bright and active little boy” who loves “cars and planes”, and playing in any kind of water.
Anastasiia is Russian, and Spanish police fear she has fled back to the country to keep hold of young Oliver, who also loves Lego and cars.
SuppliedSpanish police fear Anastasiia has fled back to her native Russia[/caption]
SuppliedAnastasiia allegedly took flight with Oliver when she realised she was going to lose custody[/caption]
GettyOliver and his mum disappeared from Marbella[/caption]
SuppliedOliver Pugh, three, went missing alongside his mum from Marbella[/caption]
Spanish police are urgently seeking Anastasiia on suspicion of abduction, and have contacted Interpol in the hope of an obtaining an international arrest warrant.
The family lives in Marbella, but the parents have been separated since May 2024 and were jointly looking after Oliver from different homes.
Anastasiia allegedly abducted the boy and fled – ripping apart the family – before the court’s decision could be handed down.
Anastasiia and the boy were last seen at her house in Marbella around July 20, but then they vanished.
Phone calls weren’t connecting and the house was deserted.
After an agonising period desperately hoping they would turn up – and struggling to believe Anastasiia would really run away with their child – the dad went to the police on August 7.
Nobody has heard a single word from Oliver or his mum since the pair vanished – a terrifying situation for his distraught dad.
Also missing are Anastasiia’s mum, Angela (Anzhela) Nikolenko, and Anastasiia’s 15-year-old sister.
This week Oliver’s dad made an emotional appeal through The Sun directly to Anastasiia.
He said: “Oliver needs and deserves to have both of his parents in his life.
“By taking him away from his father, his friends, and everything familiar, the only one truly being hurt is Oliver.
“I know you love him and want the best for him, but this is causing pain not just for him, but for you and your family too.
“Please, stop before it gets any harder for everyone.”
SuppliedThe tot also loves playing in any kind of water[/caption]
SuppliedAngela (Anzhela) Nikolenko, 58, is Anastasiia’s mother and has also gone missing[/caption]
The Spanish missing persons appeal to find OliverEnterprise
A missing persons appeal and an abduction investigation were launched in Spain.
A spokesperson for Spain’s national police said on Monday: “The investigation is ongoing. There are no updates we can give you.”
At the end of last week, they said: “The youngster and his father are British and the mother is Russian based in Marbella.
“We are treating this as a parental abduction.
“We believe the mother has left Spain and has taken the boy to her homeland which is Russia.”
The Foreign Office said it is “supporting the family of a British child who has been reported missing in Spain”.
Oliver is 3 years and 9 months old, 100cm tall with blonde hair and blue eyes.
Anyone with any information about Oliver is asked to contact Spain’s National Police, email info@oliverpugh.info, or use this dedicated website.