How is surrogate motherhood in Russia and how they try to declare it outlawed Russia is one of the few countries where surrogate motherhood is allowed for money, and couples from around the world use the services of Russian surrogate mothers. In 2020, the Investigative Committee intervened in this process: two criminal cases were opened in a row under an article on human trafficking - this is how the result interprets the transfer of a child born in Russia in exchange for money.