Red hot Angelina Jolie greets a young fan with a kiss as she arrives for the Russian premiere of new spy movie Salt

Having spent the last week jetting around to promote her new movie, Angelina Jolie is no doubt missing her brood of children back home.

So it was no wonder she took a motherly shine to a young fan who greeted her at the Russian premiere of her new film last night.

Angelina, 35, was signing autographs and chatting to fans outside the Moscow screening of spy thriller Salt when she spotted the young girl leaning towards her.

Maternal instinct: Angelina Jolie kisses a young fan who greeted her at the Moscow premiere of her new movie Salt

Common touch: The actress seemed to put the girl at ease despite being one of the most famous people in the world

Her maternal instinct kicked in as she stood next to the girl, who looked a little overwhelmed by the crush of people pushing photos and cameras in her idols face as they waited in the 35degree heat.

But her nerves turned to delight as Angelina touched her cheek to reassure her and then leaned in and gave her a gentle kiss on the cheek.

The actress would not doubt have been reminded about her six children – Maddox, 8, Pax, 6, Zahara, 5, Shiloh, 4, and two-year-old twins Knox and Vivienne – waiting for her at home.

Scarlet lady: Angelina’s flowing red gown was a departure from the her usual favourite black

Going solo: Angelina cut a solitary figure on the red carpet as the only star of the film to attend the Moscow premiere

Melee: Hundreds of fans and photographers had turned out to the actress

Angelina delighted fans with ‘dobry vecher’ which is Russian for ‘good evening’

The actress was in the former Soviet Union this weekend promoting her new film Salt, and aptly wore a red-coloured Versace gown to the premiere today.

She looked stunning in the flowing scarlet frock as she chatted to fans and posed on the red carpet outside the city’s Oktyabr cinema.

Inside, she greeted the press and the audience with a cheery, ‘dobry vecher’, which is Russian for ‘good evening’.

In the film, is released in the UK this week, she plays a woman called Evelyn Salt, a CIA agent who is accused of being a KGB spy and then goes on the run.

And Angelina is only too aware of how life can imitate art – or vice versa.

Stunning: Angelina’s tight-fitting red dress accentuated her toned figure

The film was released in the US last Friday, just weeks after 10 Russian sleeper agents were expelled from the United States and traded for four Western agents released by Moscow.

But Angelina said despite this, she thinks that in real life, US-Russian relations are going well.

Spekaing at a press conference she held earlier in the day in a building right in front of the city’s famous Red Square, she said: ‘You don’t want to focus on the negative behind this issue of the spy swap because I think that what is happening between our countries is wonderful these days, so many positive movements forward.’