Story By:  Ana Marjanovic, Sub-Editor: Michael Leidig, Agency:  Newsflash

The Russian mum who dreams of having 105 kids has admitted that she is finding life “hard” taking care of her current 22 children following the arrest of her Turkish millionaire husband.

Cristina Ozturk, 24, lived with her hotel owner husband Galip Ozturk, 57, in the coastal city of Batumi in Georgia prior to his arrest during a special forces op on 31st May.

Finance Ministry spokeswoman Nato Natroshvil said Galip was arrested for falsifying documents and money laundering.

The Turkish businessman, who owns the bus company Metro Turizm, fled his home country in 2018 after an appeals court upheld his life sentence for ordering the murder of a man named Kuvvet Koseoglu in 1996.

According to reports, he escaped to Georgia, where it is legal to use surrogate mothers, and met Cristina, a former stripper who was on her first trip outside of Russia.

In 2021, the couple revealed how they splashed out around GBP 138,000 on surrogate mothers to quickly amass 20 babies in one year, soon adding two more to the crop, and spoke of how they hoped to one day reach 105 kids.

The couple reportedly spent GBP 68,000 a year on 16 full-time nannies.

Following her husband’s arrest, Cristina has admitted that she is finding life “hard” taking care of her huge family.

She said: “The feeling of loneliness does not ever leave me, even with such a large number of close people around me.

“Now it is more difficult than ever, I can’t stand the silence, I can’t stand his absence, I can’t sleep, and I wake up all alone.”

The young mum added: “I can’t see his empty workplace… I can’t see his smile, I can’t hear his voice, I can’t feel his embrace.”