The Dolls Hotel has just opened its doors amid the high-rise skyscrapers of the Moscow-City business zone in the capital city.

Sex robots named Lolita, Sasha, Natasha, Alise and Isilel are waiting for customers, say the owners.

Rooms at the “legal brothel” cost between £17.75 and £29.50 per hour - one is called Fantasy, and another has a dungeon.

The total cost after paying for the robot rises to around £60 an hour, a price that perhaps includes the risk that the room will be bugged by the FSB counterintelligence service.