A view of ingots of 99.99 percent pure gold, produced by Krastsvetmet, Russian precious metals company, being processed as the company produces all platinum group metals, gold and silver from mineral and recycled materials, manufactures products industrial products and jewelry, provides industrial engineering services in Krasnoyarsk, Russia on May 23, 2024. The company, one of the world's largest producers of precious metals, focuses on three businesses: refining, jewelry and industrial solutions. (Photo by Alexander Manzyuk/Anadolu via Getty Images)





People steer their SUP boards along the Moscow River Channel during a SUP (Stand Up Paddle)-Surfing festival in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, May 25, 2024. (Photo by Vasily Kuzmichonok/Moscow News Agency via AP Photo)





Bikers take part in a parade marking the opening of a motorcycle season in Moscow, Russia on May 26, 2024. (Photo by Evgenia Novozhenina/Reuters)





Participants of a fencing show fight during celebrations of the 321st anniversary of St. Petersburg, in St. Petersburg, Russia, Sunday, May 26, 2024. (Photo by Dmitri Lovetsky/AP Photo)





Russian members of Irish stick fighting club, participants of a fencing show, fight during celebrations of the 321st anniversary of St. Petersburg, in St. Petersburg, Russia, Sunday, May 26, 2024. (Photo by Dmitri Lovetsky/AP Photo)





Alsu Kurmasheva, an editor for the U.S. government-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty's Tatar-Bashkir service, listens to her lawyer during a court hearing in Kazan, Russia on Friday, May 31, 2024. A court in Russia on Friday ordered the detained Russian American journalist to be held until at least Aug. 5, pending investigation and trial, a further step in the Kremlin's crackdown on dissent and free speech. (Photo by AP Photo)





Athletes compete in the men's 60-meter hurdles during the first day of the Week of track and field in Nikolskaya street near the Kremlin, background, and Red Square in Moscow, Tuesday, June 4, 2024. (Photo by Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP Photo)





A visitor poses for a picture with participants wearing costumes depicting animated characters at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) in Saint Petersburg, Russia on June 5, 2024. (Photo by Anton Vaganov/Reuters)





Russian Orthodox believers take part in the annual Velikoretsky cross procession – one of Russia's oldest and most famous pilgrimages, to venerate the icon of St. Nicholas, in the Kirov region, some 1000 km east of Moscow, on June 5, 2024. Pilgrimes make a multi-day procession following the image of St. Nicholas to the place where the icon was found – the banks of the Velikaya River. (Photo by Valery Melnikov/AFP Photo)





Women wearing costumes pose for a photograph at the Red Square near the Saint Basil's Cathedral in Moscow on June 6, 2024. (Photo by Natalia Kolesnikova/AFP Photo)





In this pool photograph distributed by Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin tours an exhibition commemorating the 225th birthday of poet Alexander Pushkin at the State Museum of Tsarskoye Selo in Pushkin early on June 6, 2024. (Photo by Alexander Zholobov/AFP Photo)





An acrobat dressed as Spider-Man performs in a subway train in St. Petersburg, Russia, on Tuesday, June 11, 2024. (Photo by Artem Priakhin/SOPA Images/Sipa USA/AP Photo)





People wave Russian national flags as thousands gather on Red Square to watch a concert dedicated to the Day of Russia in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, June 11, 2024. The Day of Russia is celebrated annually on 12 June. (Photo by Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP Photo)





A boy jumps with a skateboard near the Lakhta Center skyscraper, the headquarters of Russian gas monopoly Gazprom in St. Petersburg, Russia, Wednesday, June 12, 2024. (Photo by Dmitri Lovetsky/AP Photo)





A member of a historic club pushes a wooden horse with a child depicting a horse fight during a festival dedicated to the Day of Russia in St. Petersburg, Russia, Wednesday, June 12, 2024. The Day of Russia is celebrated annually on June 12. (Photo by Dmitri Lovetsky/AP Photo)





A boy wears a medieval helmet during a festival dedicated to the Day of Russia in St. Petersburg, Russia, Wednesday, June 12, 2024. The Day of Russia is celebrated annually on 12 June. (Photo by Dmitri Lovetsky/AP Photo)





Muslims offer Eid al-Adha prayers at the Moskovsky central avenue during celebrations in St. Petersburg, Russia, Sunday, June 16, 2024. Muslims around the world celebrate Eid al-Adha, or the Feast of the Sacrifice, slaughtering sheep, goats, cows and camels to commemorate Prophet Abraham's readiness to sacrifice his son Ismail on God's command. (Photo by Dmitri Lovetsky/AP Photo)





Muslims wait prior to offer Eid al-Adha prayers at the Moscow Cathedral Mosque during celebrations in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, June 16, 2024. Muslims around the world celebrate Eid al-Adha, or the Feast of the Sacrifice, slaughtering sheep, goats, cows and camels to commemorate Prophet Abraham's readiness to sacrifice his son Ismail on God's command. (Photo by Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP Photo)





This grab from a handout footage taken and released by Sverdlovsk regional Court press service on June 20, 2024 shows US-Russian citizen Ksenia Karelina standing in a cage at the Sverdlovsk regional Court in Yekaterinburg. A dual US-Russian citizen accused of donating around $50 to a pro-Ukrainian charity goes on trial for treason in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg. Ksenia Karelina, a 32-year-old ballerina living and working in Los Angeles, was detained by police in Yekaterinburg in late January while on a trip to visit her family in Russia. (Photo by Sverdlovsk regional Court press/AFP Photo)





People with torches in hands and wearing traditional Russian village-style clothes celebrate the summer solstice near a bonfire in the village of Okunevo, about 200 kilometers (about 125 miles) northeast of the Siberian city of Omsk, Russia, in Okunevo, Russia, Thursday, June 20, 2024. The festivities of Ivan Kupala, or John the Baptist, are similar to Mardi Gras and reflect pre-Christian Slavic traditions and practices. (Photo by Evgeniy Sofiychuk/AP Photo)