She is Russian, Orthodox, wife of an Orthodox priest, the mother of five and the guardian of 22 children. In 2012 and 2013, ahe adopted four more children. In 2020 she became guardian for eight young people with mental disabilities, in 2021 she took custody of five more disabled graduates of the orphanage. https://southfront.org/who-is-russian-maria-lvova-belova-targeted-by-the-international-criminal-court/