A woman evacuated from the Kursk regional border with Ukraine reacts as she waits to receive humanitarian aid delivered by the Russian Red Cross in downtown Kursk, Russia,19 August 2024. The Assumption-Nikitsky Church is regularly visited by refugees from the Kursk region, where they receive humanitarian aid. Since evacuations began amid a Ukrainian offensive in the area, more than 121,000 people have been resettled from nine border areas. The resettlement of residents from border areas continues, the press service of the Russian Emergencies Ministry reported. (Photo by EPA/EFE/Stringer)





A woman stands on a floating bridge while the supermoon rises in Moscow, August 19, 2024. (Photo by Pavel Bednyakov/AP Photo)





A Caucasian dance ensemble member performs with daggers during celebrations marking National Flag Day, in St. Petersburg, Russia, August 22, 2024. (Photo by Dmitri Lovetsky/AP Photo)





Participants hold a large-size Russian state flag during celebrations of National Flag Day in Moscow, Russia on August 22, 2024. (Photo by Maxim Shemetov/Reuters)





A man visits the grave of Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin on the first anniversary of his death in a plane crash, at the Porokhovskoye cemetery in Saint Petersburg, on Russia August 23, 2024. (Photo by Anastasia Barashkova/Reuters)





Members of Turkish historical military band perform during the Spasskaya Tower International Military Music Festival in Red Square in Moscow, Russia, Friday, August 23, 2024, with foreign participants include Belarus, Venezuela, Egypt, China, Thailand, Turkey, South Africa and Guinea. (Photo by Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP Photo)





Russian soldiers of the Presidential regiment perform during the Spasskaya Tower International Military Music Festival at Red Square, with the St. Basil Cathedral in the background, in Moscow, Russia, Friday, August 23, 2024. (Photo by Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP Photo)





Members of Turkish historical military band perform during the Spasskaya Tower International Military Music Festival in Red Square in Moscow, Russia, Friday, August 23, 2024. (Photo by Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP Photo)





People on inflatable floats watch a movie on a screen in the Akvatoria ZIL swimming pool during the Moscow International Film Week, in Moscow, Russia on August 28, 2024. (Photo by Evgenia Novozhenina/Reuters)





An elderly woman dances while the Military Band of the Chinese People's Liberation Army perform at the Historical Museum prior to the closing of Spasskaya Tower International Military Music Festival in Red Square, with the statue of Soviet Marshal Georgy Zhukov in the background, in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, September 1, 2024, with foreign participants include Belarus, Venezuela, Egypt, China, Thailand, Turkey, South Africa and Guinea. (Photo by Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP Photo)





People take part in a procession at the former school, which came under an attack by Islamist militants in 2004 and is currently a centre of patriotic education and terrorism prevention, during a commemoration ceremony marking the 20th anniversary of the deadly school siege in Beslan in the region of North Ossetia–Alania, Russia on September 1, 2024. (Photo by Sergey Pivovarov/Reuters)





People attend a ceremony to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the 2004 hostage-taking at the Beslan school, on the grounds of the Church of the Dormition of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Saint Petersburg on September 3, 2024. More than 330 hostages had been killed during the attack by pro-Chechen rebels, 186 of them were children, and about 750 people were injured. (Photo by Olga Maltseva/AFP Photo)





Children release white balloons outside the former school, which came under an attack by Islamist militants in 2004 and is currently a centre of patriotic education and terrorism prevention, during a commemoration ceremony marking the 20th anniversary of the deadly school siege in Beslan in the region of North Ossetia–Alania, Russia on September 3, 2024. (Photo by Sergey Pivovarov/Reuters)





A view on skyscrapers of Moscow City International Business District through illuminated fountains in Victory Park in Moscow, Russia, on September 5, 2024. (Photo by Maxim Shemetov/Reuters)





A boy touches a figure of a dinosaur during celebrations of the City Day in Museon park in Moscow, Russia on September 8, 2024. (Photo by Maxim Shemetov/Reuters)





A law enforcement officer stands guard near a damaged multi-storey residential building following an alleged Ukrainian drone attack in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict, in Ramenskoye in the Moscow region, Russia on September 10, 2024. (Photo by Maxim Shemetov/Reuters)





Local residents gather outside a damaged multi-storey building following an alleged Ukrainian drone attack, in Ramenskoye in the Moscow region, Russia on September 10, 2024. (Photo by Maxim Shemetov/Reuters)





A view shows a damaged multi-storey residential building following an alleged Ukrainian drone attack, in Ramenskoye in the Moscow region, Russia on September 10, 2024. (Photo by Maxim Shemetov/Reuters)





Local residents gather in the courtyard of a damaged multi-storey building following an alleged Ukrainian drone attack, in Ramenskoye in the Moscow region, Russia on September 10, 2024. (Photo by Maxim Shemetov/Reuters)





Investigators work in the courtyard of a damaged multi-storey residential building following an alleged Ukrainian drone attack in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict, in Ramenskoye in the Moscow region, Russia on September 10, 2024. (Photo by Maxim Shemetov/Reuters)