Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 14 (ANI): Nina Kutina, a Russian woman rescued from a cave near Gokarna with her two young daughters, has defended her choice to live in nature, rejecting claims that her children were in danger or neglected.
Kutina and her daughters were removed by Gokarna Police and later processed by the Foreigners Regional Registration Office (FRRO) in Bengaluru before being sent to a rescue center in Tumakuru. Speaking out after the incident, she criticized reports about her situation as misleading.
“You give already a lot of lying information. We have big experience to stay in natural, in jungle, and we were not dying, and I did not bring my daughters to die in jungle,” she said. “They did not feel bad, they were very happy, they swam in waterfall, they lived, had very good place for sleeping, a lot of lessons with art making, we made from clay, we painted, we ate good, I was cooking with gas — very good and tasty food.”
She insisted her daughters were healthy, happy, well-fed, and engaged in creative learning. “They have everything best… art lessons, lessons about how to write and read. They were not dying from hunger, never. Everything not true,” she added, claiming her social media profiles document years of similar experiences in about 20 countries.
Kutina described the cave as safe and conveniently located near a village. “It’s very big and beautiful, not small… it has window to look to ocean. Not a dangerous place. Every tourist three minutes can come at place. Snakes? Yes, but same as in Gokarna homes and groves,” she said.
On the issue of immigration, Kutina acknowledged her visa had expired but disputed reports she overstayed since 2017. “It is lying, because they found my old passport and they decide… they did not check if it’s real true. We don’t have valid visa, but it finished only short time ago. After 2017, we already were in four countries, leave and then come back to India.”
She also addressed the personal tragedy of losing her son, which she said influenced her decision to stay longer in India. “After my big son died… I stayed little more, but not so much how they tell.”
Kutina said she had not lived in Russia for 15 years, having traveled through Costa Rica, Malaysia, Bali, Thailand, Nepal, and Ukraine. She rejected suggestions that her lifestyle was driven purely by spirituality. “It is not about spiritually how they write. We just like natural because it gives us health… very big health, not like you live in home,” she said.
Maintaining that her daughters were thriving in the natural environment, Kutina noted she had shared videos and photos of their daily life, meals, and activities on her Telegram channel. “Very comfortable… you can look at what we do inside, how we cook tasty food, what we eat, how we make lessons, art, painting and clay… all what we do.” (ANI)
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