A MUM has been arrested in Russia after allegedly hiring a pal to drown her 12-year-old daughter because they “constantly argue”.

The woman, named only as Svetlana, is said to have tried to pay a male friend £930 to kill her child by throwing her into a river in the Chelyabinsk region.

Unbeknown to her, the schoolgirl had been eavesdropping behind a door — and overheard her mum’s chilling murder plot.

Svetlana, 46, allegedly told the man she was “tired” of her daughter’s “bad behaviour” and their “constant arguments”.

She then sent the girl off with the would-be killer — named as Andrey, 36 — in the Izmailovsky settlement, it has been claimed.

“When they were walking along the road, the schoolgirl was very afraid and worried,” reported Shot news outlet, citing law enforcement.

“But the man told her everything and promised to protect her.

“He hid the girl at his home and went to the police.”

He told cops Svetlana had offered cash to have her daughter drowned in the Bolshaya Karaganka River.

The mum-of-four was detained and now faces up to 15 years in jail for incitement to murder a minor.

When questioned by police, she was reportedly “unable to explain her actions”.

The young girl has since been placed in care alongside two of her siblings, aged 17 and six.

Svetlana also has an adult daughter, aged 18.

It comes after a glamorous rapper dubbed the “Barbie Bandit” has been arrested in a dramatic police raid targeting a massive dark web drugs operation.

Blonde beauty Maria L., 25, known for posing in Barbie-pink outfits and flaunting an assault rifle on social media, was seized by Russian cops in St Petersburg on May 15.

The influencer-turned-trafficker is accused of helping run a slick online drugs shop — managing storage, distribution, and sales of illicit substances through the dark web.

Photos online show the rapper in revealing crop tops and doll-like makeup, living a flashy life that masked a far more dangerous double identity.

Police said: “She helped sell the drugs online and also managed their storage and distribution.”

During the raid, cops uncovered laptops, mobile phones, and a “significant” stash of chemicals used to make hallucinogens — along with scales and other manufacturing gear.

Meanwhile, a Russian teen TikTok star has sparked outrage after threatening to have her pro-Putin mother send online trolls to the war front.

Yulia Shevtsova, a mayor in the Vologda region, was left red-faced after her 19-year-old influencer daughter made the chilling threat in a viral video.

Ksenia Shevtsova infuriated viewers by boasting on TikTok: “Are you out of your mind, dude? Do you know who my mum is?”

She added: “The mayor! We’ll send you to the [war].”

The clip, which quickly spread online, featured images and videos of Ksenia posing with her politician mum — followed by the bold claim she could send her critics to fight in Vladimir Putin’s brutal war in Ukraine.