A woman takes selfies at the Zaryadye park, with the Spasskaya tower of the Kremlin and St. Basil's Cathedral in the background, after a snowfall in Moscow, Monday, April 7, 2025. (Photo by Pavel Bednyakov/AP Photo)





A woman walks with her dog amid pigeons at the Bauman garden in Moscow, Monday, April 7, 2025. (Photo by Pavel Bednyakov/AP Photo)





People walk in a snowy Red Square with the St. Basil's Cathedral, background center, during snowfall in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, April 8, 2025, at temperatures around –1 degrees Celsius (30,2 Fahrenheit). (Photo by Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP Photo)





People gather in a square to look at a giant inflatable in the shape of a cosmonaut installed ahead of Cosmonautics Day, which is widely celebrated in Russia on April 12 to mark the anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's historic first human space flight in 1961, in the Black Sea port city of Yevpatoriya, Crimea, on April 9, 2025. (Photo by Alexey Pavlishak/Reuters)





Russian Orthodox believers attend a Palm Sunday service at St. Isaac's Cathedral in St. Petersburg, Russia, 13 April 2025. Palm Sunday in many Christian churches symbolically marks the entry of Jesus Christ into Jerusalem, signaling the start of Holy Week before Easter. (Photo by Anatoly Maltsev/EPA/EFE)





A street musician plays the violin in St. Petersburg, Russia, Monday, April 14, 2025. (Photo by Dmitri Lovetsky/AP Photo)





A woman walks past a fence with a mural on the street in Moscow, Russia on April 14, 2025. (Photo by Evgenia Novozhenina/Reuters)





Journalists Sergei Karelin, Konstantin Gabov, Antonina Favorskaya and Artem Kriger, accused of taking part in the activities of an “extremist” organization founded by late opposition politician Alexei Navalny, attend a court hearing in Moscow, Russia on April 15, 2025. (Photo by Yulia Morozova/Reuters)





Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, right, shake hands during their meeting at the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, April 17, 2025. (Photo by Alexander Nemenov/Pool Photo via AP Photo)





Russian military cadets attend the Orthodox Easter service at Christ the Saviour Cathedral in Moscow, Russia, on Sunday, April 20, 2025. (Photo by Sergey Vlasov/Russian Orthodox Church Press Service via AP Photo)





A woman walks in the Zaryadye Park, with a Soviet era skyscraper seen in the background, during a sunny day in Moscow, Russia on April 21, 2025. (Photo by Evgenia Novozhenina/Reuters)





Short film competition jury members, from left, Turkish actor and director Erkan Kolcak Kostendil, Russian actor Yulia Khlynina and Italian actor Fabio Massa pose for photographers upon arrival for the closing ceremony of the 47th Moscow International Film Festival in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (Photo by Pavel Bednyakov/AP Photo)





A guest poses for photographers upon arrival at the closing ceremony of the 47th Moscow International Film Festival in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (Photo by Pavel Bednyakov/AP Photo)





Russian actress Anna Aleksandrova poses for photographers upon arrival at the opening ceremony of the 47th Moscow International Film Festival in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, April 17, 2025. (Photo by Pavel Bednyakov/AP Photo)





Russian actress Nastasya Samburskaya poses for photographers upon arrival at the opening ceremony of the 47th Moscow International Film Festival in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (Photo by Pavel Bednyakov/AP Photo)





Russian actress Maria Lugovaya poses for photographers upon arrival at the closing ceremony of the 47th Moscow International Film Festival in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (Photo by Pavel Bednyakov/AP Photo)





Spanish film producer Lluis Minarro, chairman of the jury, poses for photographers upon arrival at the closing ceremony of the 47th Moscow International Film Festival in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (Photo by Pavel Bednyakov/AP Photo)





Anna Tikhomirova, Russian ballerina, the first soloist of Bolshoi Theatre, poses for photographers upon arrival at the closing ceremony of the 47th Moscow International Film Festival in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (Photo by Pavel Bednyakov/AP Photo)





Security personnel work the scene where Lt. Gen. Yaroslav Moskalik, a deputy head of the main operational department in the General Staff of the Russian armed forces, was killed by an explosive device placed in his car in Balashikha, just outside Moscow, Russia, on Friday, April 25, 2025. (Photo by AP Photo)





Participants of the historical reenactment entitled “Victory! Banner over the Reichstag!” and dedicated to the Victory Day marking the 80th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War Two, perform at Moskino Cinema Park on the outskirts of Moscow, Russia on May 3, 2025. (Photo by Maxim Shemetov/Reuters)