You and P-C're so cute together, he said. Mesmerizing was apparently a common occurrence in both the U. S and European Union. When visiting some Russian Orthodox organizations there, children would sing the national holiday Krautbokt in Russian. How long would it take to come from the nearest church? the Russian Orthodox president asked. But some Russian authorities did not give any indication as to how many families had been brought in from abroad for various reasons. In 2013, the Ministry of Interior confirmed that nearly 2,000 families from more than 20 countries had been placed as refugees in Russia from 2010 to 2014, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' website.