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I think it would be OK to use a Russian name, but it might be easier to choose one which has a more "English" nickname option, which they could use. For example, Aleksei could go by Alex. Otherwise I think the best ones would be ones which are Russian but relatively well known in Elglish-speaking countries too: Anya, Larisa, Tamara, Anton, Leonid, Roman.

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I would defintely avoid using names which are particularly hard to spell and/or pronounce correctly in English, such as Zinoviy, Kseniya, Fyodor, Evgeniy.