MOSCOW, July 14 (RIA Novosti) - A Muslim couple from Russia's second largest city of St. Petersburg has named their child Mahmoudahmadinejad after the Iranian president, the Tatar community website in St. Petersburg reported.

Mahmoudahmadinejad is the couple's sixth child. The father is a Bangladeshi Muslim and his wife is Russian.

"I like Iranian President Ahmadinejad, I like his policies, his wit and amiability. The child is named after this person," Mahmoudahmadinejad's mother explained.

She added that she would like to live in Iran, which "enjoys stability" and where the president "is not afraid of anyone, except Allah."

The child, whose second name has not been disclosed, has already been issued with a birth certificate.