Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, and Russian Orthodox Archbishop of Odintsovo and Krasnogorsk Foma (Nikolay Mosolov), left, pose for a photo with the families of military personnel who died during the special military operation in Ukraine at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow, Russia, on Saturday, January 6, 2024. (Gavriil Grigorov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP Photo)





A woman leaves handprints on a frost-covered wall in St. Petersburg, Russia, Tuesday, January 9, 2024. Frost appeared on stone surfaces after warming that followed several days of severe frost. (Photo by Dmitri Lovetsky/AP Photo)





Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny appears on a screen via a video link from the IK-3 penal colony in Kharp in the Yamal-Nenets region during a hearing against the Ministry of Justice in Supreme Court, in Moscow, Russia on January 11, 2024. (Photo by Maxim Shemetov/Reuters)





Sergei Udaltsov, Russian left-wing political activist stands in a cage in a courtroom in Moscow, Russia, Friday, January 12, 2024. Sergei Udaltsov, a Russian pro-war activist and critic of President Vladimir Putin, was remanded into custody Thursday over alleged terrorism offenses, his lawyer told the Russian state news agency Tass. (Photo by Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP Photo)





In this photo released by Russian Emergency Ministry Press Service on Saturday, January 13, 2024, Russian Emergency Situations Ministry firefighters work at the side of the warehouse in St. Petersburg, Russia. Russian authorities say that a huge fire tore through a large warehouse used by Russia's largest online retailer south of St. Petersburg. Russia's Emergency Situations Ministry said the fire covered an area of 70,000 square meters with 50,000 square meters of the warehouse collapsing. No casualties were reported. (Photo by Russian Emergency Ministry Press Service via AP Photo)





Smoke from fire rises above the burning warehouse of Wildberries online retailer in Saint Petersburg, Russia, on January 13, 2024. (Photo by Anton Vaganov/Reuters)





A person wears a pin as Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov meets with his North Korean counterpart Choe Son Hui in Moscow on January 16, 2024. (Photo by Maxim Shemetov/Pool via AFP Photo)





A woman removes broken glass next to a damaged multi-storey apartment block following a reported drone attack in Voronezh, Russia on January 16, 2024. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)





Protesters and riot police clash in the town of Baymak in Russia's central Bashkortostan region on January 17, 2024, after a court sentenced a local activist to four years in prison. Fail Alsynov, who campaigns against gold mining in the Urals region and advocates for the protection of the large ethnic Bashkir population's language, was sentenced for “inciting hatred” in the town of Baymak. (Photo by Anya Marchenkova/AFP Photo)





A Russian Orthodox believer takes a dip in the ice cold water of a pond during the celebrations of the Orthodox Epiphany holiday, in Moscow, Russia, 18 January 2024. People believe that dipping into blessed waters during the holiday of Epiphany strengthens their spirit and body. (Photo by Yuri Kochetkov/EPA)





Orthodox Christians take a dip in the icy water while marking the feast of Epiphany in Moscow, Russia on January 19, 2024. (Photo by Evgenia Novozhenina/Reuters)





A man with a tattoo on his back stands near a font with icy water during celebrations of the Orthodox Christian feast of Epiphany at the Achairsky Monastery in the Omsk Region, Russia on January 19, 2024. (Photo by Alexey Malgavko/Reuters)





A view shows the Achairsky Monastery during celebrations of the Orthodox Christian feast of Epiphany in the Omsk Region, Russia on January 19, 2024. (Photo by Alexey Malgavko/Reuters)





A priest blesses water during celebrations of the Orthodox Christian feast of Epiphany in the town of Sertolovo in the Leningrad Region, Russia on January 19, 2024. (Photo by Anton Vaganov/Reuters)





An Orthodox priest plunges into the icy waters of a lake during the celebration of the Epiphany holiday in the village of Orlino, Leningrad region, on January 19, 2024. Among Orthodox Christians, the feast of Epiphany celebrates the day the spirit of God descended upon believers in the shape of a dove during Jesus Christ's baptism in the river Jordan. (Photo by Olga Maltseva/AFP Photo)





Russian Orthodox believers take a dip in the ice cold water of a pond during the celebrations of the Orthodox Epiphany holiday, in Moscow, Russia on January 18, 2024. People believe that dipping into blessed waters during the holiday of Epiphany strengthens their spirit and body. (Photo by Yuri Kochetkov/EPA/EFE)





A man takes a dip during Orthodox Epiphany celebrations in Moscow, Russia on January 19, 2024. (Photo by Maxim Shemetov/Reuters)





A man uses his mobile phone after taking a dip in the icy water of a pond during Orthodox Epiphany celebrations in Moscow, Russia on January 19, 2024. (Photo by Maxim Shemetov/Reuters)





A woman takes a dip in icy water during celebrations of the Orthodox Christian feast of Epiphany in the town of Sertolovo in the Leningrad Region, Russia on January 19, 2024. (Photo by Anton Vaganov/Reuters)





A woman stands on a stairs covered with icicles before taking a dip in icy water during during celebrations of the Orthodox Christian feast of Epiphany at the Achairsky Monastery in the Omsk Region, Russia on January 19, 2024. (Photo by Alexey Malgavko/Reuters)