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Bad influence €100,000 reward to help locate British toddler ‘kidnapped’ from Marbella by Russian ‘influencer’ mother A MISSING British toddler may have been snatched in Marbella and taken to Thailand by his mother, a Russian ‘relationship influencer’. Oliver Pugh, 3, has not been seen since July 4, when he vanished from the Costa del Sol resort. His father, Matthew Pugh, 36, who has sole custody, eventually reported him missing a month later. After a desperate global search, it
The images show the 32-year-old social butterfly and her 15-yearold sister at various locations inappears Anastasiia Chikina may cluding passing a luxury Cartier have fled to Thailand to avoid los- store. ing custody of Oliver, who carries Armchair detectives managed to a British passport. match escalators, benches and Recent photos uploaded to her general background scenery to social media appear to place her confirm the Bangkok location. at Bangkok’s upmarket Iconsi- The breakthrough has given new am shopping centre, rather than hope to Oliver’s father, a former in Russia as originally feared by CEO of a UK-based web hosting Spanish police. company, from Bedford. Thai authorities are much more cooperative in extradition cases than Russia, which notoriously never exA YOUNG man found battered to death on ular, to speak with four men seen getting tradites its own an isolated ‘hippy’ beach has been named out of a car on the night of the killing. citizens. as 23-year-old Mario Belmonte, the Olive Police have since seized CCTV from In an emotional Press can reveal. around Las Negras in an effort to identify appeal this week, His bloodied body was discovered at ‘an the suspects. Pugh pleaded isolated cove’ near trendy Las Negras, in “There are so many police here now – evdirectly with his Almeria’s Cabo de Gata Natural park. eryone is very anxious to find out what ex-partner for Investigators are exploring whether his happened,” said the German family friend. his son’s safe remurder may have been linked to the local The expat source added Mario appeared turn. drug trade, with one theory pointing to a ‘nervous’ in the days before his death. “Oliver needs dispute involving so-called ‘hippy dealers’ “He was planning to go to Mallorca this and deserves to who operate from San Pedro beach. month,” she revealed. “He had been quite have both parSources close to the victim’s family have nervous and we didn’t know why.” ents in his life. told us detectives are interested, in partic- Mario had just spent two months liv“By taking him ing at secluded San Peaway from his fadro beach, which has a ther, his friends, long-standing reputation and everything as a hideaway for hippies. familiar, the only The residents - often one who is truly numbering hundreds, mostly from Northern hurting is him.” Europe - have lived in the He described Olold ruins of San Pedro iver as a ‘bright castle for decades. Loand active boy’ cated within the natural who loves cars, VANISHED: Oliver (above) with influencer Anastasiia and park, it is only accessible aeroplanes and (inset) father Mathew on foot or by boat. ‘playing in the Police have so far not when the system is against the child. Crucially, the Olive Press underwater’. commented publicly on “We have time, not much, but we stands, she fled just as she was Chikina finally HIPPY: San Pedro beach is home to a community the case. about to lose a bitter custody batbroke her silence have it, to understand the truth.” of hundreds at the weekend She continued: “The truth won’t tle. in a post to her be pleasant for everyone; it often A Spanish court has since ruled 140,000 follow- stays behind closed doors, but his father should have full custody ers. here it comes out.” with supervised visits only from Her cryptic Oliver’s father is now offering his mother. missive justify- €100,000 for information about The influencer, though, had aling her actions, his son’s whereabouts. ready vanished along with other started: “We Chikina was banned from leaving family members, including her The Scandinavian electricity supplier in Spain have a difficult Spain by a Marbella court and or- own mother Angela Nikolenko. conversation to dered to surrender Oliver’s pass- Their Marbella home was later have. Talk about port - however she claimed she found completely empty, and calls how scary it is had lost it. to Chikina’s phone stopped conational n r te In Multilingual support necting entirely. All UK & stems “Anastasiia ran TV sy Bills in your language off with Oliver nd Established u o S CCTV 1989 when she ren Free calls from abroad & Visio alised she was t going to lose Inter ne G 4 & ptic SPECIAL DISCOUNT FOR custody,” insistEMERGENCIES: Fiber O THE OLIVE PRESS READERS ed Pugh. Email Tel: 636 308 789 newsdesk@ 952 763 840 Dr. Alex Kerkoc Portillo theolivepress.es if you know the Dra. Mª Magdalena Coll Abrines info@energynordic.com family. Dra. Gema Dávila 635 400 099 By Walter Finch
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