A man wades in the Gulf of Finland near the Western High-Speed Diameter (WHSD) highway during sunset in Saint Petersburg, Russia on September 8, 2024. (Photo by Anton Vaganov/Reuters)





A girl poses on Red Square in front of St. Basil's Cathedral in central Moscow on September 9, 2024. (Photo by Natalia Kolesnikova/AFP Photo)





People gather outside of a damaged residential building following a drone attack in Ramenskoye in the Moscow region on September 10, 2024. A massive wave of Ukrainian drones set off air defences across several Russian regions, officials said on September 10, 2024, killing at least one person and grounding flights in the capital. (Photo by Tatyana Makeyeva/AFP Photo)





Men stand on the shore of the Gulf of Finland during warm weather in St. Petersburg, Russia, 11 September 2024. Temperatures in Russia's second-largest city reached up to 23 degrees Celsius. (Photo by Anatoly Maltsev/EPA/EFE)





Orthodox believers carry icons as they take part in a procession along Nevsky Prospect to mark the 300 years anniversary of the Alexander Nevsky Monastery in St. Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, September 12, 2024. Russian Orthodox faithful commemorate the date of September 12, 1724, when Russian Tsar Peter The Great transferred the relics of prince Alexander Nevsky from town of Vladimir to St.Petersburg, the new capital of Russia. (Photo by Dmitri Lovetsky/AP Photo)





Women take pictures of giant pumpkins at an exhibition of large vegetables at Moscow State University's botanical garden, also known as the Apothecary Garden, in Moscow, Russia on September 14, 2024. (Photo by Evgenia Novozhenina/Reuters)





Dmitry, a fan of American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift, reacts during a meeting with other Swifties in Lyubertsy outside Moscow, Russia on September 15, 2024. (Photo by Evgenia Novozhenina/Reuters)





Fans of Taylor Swift sing with a guitar in a park in Lyubertsy outside Moscow, Russia on September 15, 2024. (Photo by Evgenia Novozhenina/Reuters)





A fan shows Taylor Swift vinyl albums during a meeting with other Swifties in Lyubertsy outside Moscow, Russia on September 15, 2024. (Photo by Evgenia Novozhenina/Reuters)





Partial lunar eclipse is seen with a star atop of the tower of the Kremlin and Russia's Foreign Ministry headquarters building in the foreground, in Moscow, Russia on September 18, 2024. (Photo by Marina Lystseva/Reuters)





Workers prepare a boat during sunset with a temperature of 24°C (75.2 F) on the Great Palace Pond with the Church of the Holy Trinity in Ostankino in the background in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, September 25, 2024. (Photo by Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP Photo)





In this photo released by Russian Orthodox Church Press Service on Sunday, September 29, 2024, Patriarch Kirill, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, sits in the flight simulator of the Soviet-designed Buran space shuttle during a visit to the Sirius Art and Science Park, Krasnodar region of Russia. (Photo by Oleg Varov, Russian Orthodox Church Press Service via AP Photo)





A Russian folk artist paints her self-made traditional Russian wooden toy during the XXIII exhibition and fair of Russian folk arts and crafts “Firebird. Autumn 2024” in Moscow, Russia, 02 October 2024. The withdrawal of Western companies from Russia following global sanctions imposed on the country due to the start of Russia's Special Military Operation in Ukraine starting in February 2022 led to increased demand for goods from Russian craftsmen, artisans, and local farms. (Photo by Sergei Ilnitsky/EPA/EFE)





Rescuers and volunteers try to save killer whales stranded at the mouth of the Bolshaya Vorovskaya River at the coast of the Sea of Okhotsk, on the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia on October 2, 2024. (Photo by Head of the Sobolevsky Municipal District of the Kamchatka Region Andrei Vorovskiy via VK/Handout via Reuters)





The sun rises over the Moscow-City business district in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, October 3, 2024. (Photo by Pavel Bednyakov/AP Photo)





Models display creations by Russian designer Alena Nega during the Moscow Fashion Week in Moscow, Russia, Monday, October 7, 2024. (Photo by Pavel Bednyakov/AP Photo)





A model poses for a photograph backstage during Moscow Fashion Week in Moscow, Russia, Monday, October 7, 2024. (Photo by Pavel Bednyakov/AP Photo)





Valentina Alekseyeva from Chuvash Republic of Russia attends a competition prior to be crowned as the Miss Russia 2024 during the beauty pageant's final at the concert hall of Barvikha Luxury Village just outside Moscow, Russia, Sunday, October 6, 2024. Alekseyeva will represent Russia at the Miss World 2024 and Miss Universe 2024 competitions. (Photo by Ilya Mcharov/AP Photo)





Valentina Alekseyeva from Chuvash Republic of Russia poses for a photo after been crowned as the Miss Russia 2024 during the beauty pageant's final at the concert hall of Barvikha Luxury Village just outside Moscow, Russia, Sunday, October 6, 2024. (Photo by Ilya Mcharov/AP Photo)





A photographer uses his mobile phone near The Church of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God in the morning mist at dawn in the village of Osenevo, Yaroslavl region, Russia, on October 6, 2024. (Photo by Maxim Shemetov/Reuters)