An influencer marrying her 20-year-old stepson posted a picture of herself with him when he was aged seven hoping to win support - but the plan has backfired badly.
Instead of persuading people to get behind her, Marina Balmasheva attracted a storm of protest when she shared the before-and-after photo on Instagram for her 420,000 followers.
The 35-year-old woman, from the western Russian region of Krasnodar Krai, lived with her husband Alexey, 45, for over 10 years before the relationship ended in divorce.
The new man in her life is her ex-husband's 20-year-old son Vladimir. In her new Instagram post, Balmasheva shared a snap of herself posing next to little Vladimir 13 years ago when he was just seven years old.
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