"But then you must have Russian parents," he said.

Russian parents here are often too burdened carving out new lives to spend money on dance lessons for themselves.

In other cases, Russian parents bring their children to orphanages because they lack the financial means to raise them.

In an appeal to Russian parents, he has called for the creation of all-volunteer army.

Russian parents still send their children to music schools, where they attack their instrument with iron discipline.

A few Mennonites, who have either a Russian parent or spouse, can be found there now.

Gemabank already has some 7,500 clients, or about 0.2pc of all Russian parents with newborns.

The new rules would allow even healthy children to be adopted overseas, but only after a thorough nationwide search for Russian parents.

The new law allows healthy children to be adopted overseas, but only after a nationwide search for Russian parents has been exhausted.

As a rule, Russian parents don't compliment their children enough.