Choosing a baby name is exciting, stressful, fun and overwhelming. It’s all of the things! But here's an idea with true international flair: Russian girl names! That's right; while everyone else ...

which would ban Russian parents from officially giving their children names consisting of numbers, abbreviations or obscene words. The bill was initiated by upper house’s lawmaker Valentina ...

Current Russian law only prohibits the use of numbers, symbols, titles, ranks and profanity in baby names.