Russian film and theater director Kirill Serebrennikov, right, wearing a face mask to protect against coronavirus, leaves the Meshchansky court after hearings in Moscow, Russia, Friday, June 26, 2020. A Moscow judge convicted an acclaimed Russian theater director of embezzling state funds and imposed a three-year suspended sentence Friday in a case widely seen as politically motivated. (Photo by Pavel Golovkin/AP Photo)





Plastic shields between tables protect customers of a McDonald's restaurant in central Moscow, Russia on June 23, 2020. The American fast food chain opens all of its 186 restaurants to visitors in Moscow from June 23 as part of another stage of the lifting of COVID-19 lockdown restrictions. (Photo by Mikhail Metzel/TASS)





A girl watches fireworks exploding behind the Moscow State University in Moscow on June 24, 2020 during celebrations marking the 75th anniversary of the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two. (Photo by Alexander Nemenov/AFP Photo)





Honour guard soldiers march during the Victory Day military parade marking the 75th anniversary of the Nazi defeat in WWII, at Dvortsovaya (Palace) Square in St.Petersburg, Russia, Wednesday, June 24, 2020. The Victory Day parade normally is held on May 9, the nation's most important secular holiday, but this year it was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Dmitri Lovetsky/AP Photo)





In this photo taken on Monday, June 22, 2020, a worker cleans an electronic scoreboard reading “All-Russia voting, July 1, Our Constitution” in the center of Moscow, Russia. Russian authorities seem to be pulling out all the stops to get people to vote on constitutional amendments that would enable President Vladimir Putin to stay in office until 2036. The nationwide vote begins Thursday and lasts for a week. (Photo by Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP Photo)





In this photo taken on Tuesday, June 23, 2020, an elderly woman stands near a billboard reading “All-Russian voting, July 1, our country” in St.Petersburg, Russia. Russian authorities seem to be pulling out all the stops to get people to vote on constitutional amendments that would enable President Vladimir Putin to stay in office until 2036. The nationwide vote begins Thursday and lasts for a week. (Photo by Dmitri Lovetsky/AP Photo)





In this photo taken on Friday, June 19, 2020, a leaflet advertising for a new constitution reading “Vote for the future. Say Yes” is seen on a door handle in an apartment building in Moscow, Russia. Russian authorities seem to be pulling out all the stops to get people to vote on constitutional amendments that would enable President Vladimir Putin to stay in office until 2036. (Photo by Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP Photo)





A polling station employee wearing a face mask and gloves to protect against coronavirus disinfects a ballot box at a polling station in St.Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, June 25, 2020. Polls have opened in Russia on Thursday for a week-long vote on a constitutional reform that may allow President Vladimir Putin to stay in power until 2036. (Photo by Dmitri Lovetsky/AP Photo)





A member of a local electoral commission talks to a man holding a dog at an outdoor polling place during a seven-day vote on constitutional reforms in Saint Petersburg, Russia on June 25, 2020. (Photo by Anton Vaganov/Reuters)





A local resident fills in documents near a mobile ballot box outside her house during a seven-day vote on constitutional reforms, in the village of Troitskoye in Moscow region, Russia on June 25, 2020. (Photo by Evgenia Novozhenina/Reuters)





Members of the local election commission wearing a protective suits carry a mobile ballot box as old man fills out a ballot paper during early voting on amendments to Russian Constitution in the village of Vostryakovo (29km from Moscow), Moscow region, Russia, 25 June 2020. The nationwide vote on amendments to the Russian Constitution has started on 25 June and will run for seven days until 01 July. The counting of the results for all seven days will begin on July 1 after the closing of polling stations. At first the vote was scheduled on 22 April but was postponed due to the situation with coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo by Sergei Ilnitsky/EPA/EFE)





An elderly woman shows her passport to members of an electoral commission wearing a protective face mask and shield, used as a preventive measure against the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), who visit local residents during a seven-day nationwide vote on constitutional reforms in the village of Nikolayevka in Omsk Region, Russia on June 26, 2020. (Photo by Alexey Malgavko/Reuters)





Residents visit an outdoor polling station in the village of Lugovoye in Ivanovo Region, Russia on June 25, 2020 to vote in the 2020 Russian constitutional referendum. The referendum on proposed amendments to the Russian constitution is held from June 25 through July 1, 2020. (Photo by Vladimir Smirnov/TASS)





Residents of a remote Khanty cattle camp take part in early voting on the 2020 Russian constitutional referendum on June 20, 2020. (Photo by Alexei Andronov/TASS)





A boy rides a scooter past an outdoor polling place during a seven-day vote on constitutional reforms in Saint Petersburg, Russia on June 25, 2020. (Photo by Anton Vaganov/Reuters)





People enjoy the first day after the reopening of Chaika open air pool in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, June 25, 2020. Russian capital's gyms and pools opens these week after three months of coronavirus shutdown. (Photo by Pavel Golovkin/AP Photo)





Honor guards hold awards on display during a ceremony to present Russian National Awards for outstanding achievements in science and technology, literature and the arts, humanitarian activity, charity work and human rights at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, 24 June 2020. (Photo by Michael Klimentyev/Sputnik/Kremlin/Pool via EPA/EFE)





A girl walks through a disinfection gate at the entrance to the Depo (Depot) food mall in Moscow, Russia on June 16, 2020. On June 16, summer terraces started opening at Moscow cafes and restaurants. (Photo by Anton Novoderezhkin/TASS)





Checking a robotic arm before the opening of a cashier-free KFC fast food restaurant in Moscow's North-Eastern Administrative District on June 12, 2020. (Photo by Gavriil Grigorov/TASS)





The Rossiya (Russia) brig sails in the Gulf of Finland in St Petersburg on June 26, 2020 during a rehearsal of the “2020 Scarlet Sails Festival” for high school graduates. This year, the event will be held online amid the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. Seen in the background is a cable-stayed bridge on the Western High-Speed Diameter. (Photo by Peter Kovalev/TASS)