Russian police and National Guard (Rosgvardia) servicemen patrol Red Square in central Moscow on October 20, 2021, amid the crisis linked with the Covid-19 pandemic. Russia said Wednesday 1,028 people died of Covid over the past 24 hours, a new record, as President Vladimir Putin mulls introducing nationwide restrictions to curb the spread of the disease. (Photo by Alexander Nemenov/AFP Photo)





Medical workers in protective suits move a coffin with the body of a COVID-19 victim at the morgue of Infectious Hospital No. 5 in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, on Wednesday, October 20, 2021. The low vaccination rate in Russia, where only about a third of the population is fully vaccinated, is causing concern as the country suffers a sharp rise in cases, setting records for infections and deaths nearly every day this month. ​(Photo by Roman Yarovitcyn/AP Photo)





Medics wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) work in the intensive care unit for Covid-19 coronavirus patients in the Moscow Sklifosovsky emergency hospital in Moscow on October 20, 2021. Russia said on October 20, 1,028 people died of Covid over the past 24 hours, a new record, as President Vladimir Putin mulls introducing nationwide restrictions to curb the spread of the disease. (Photo by Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP Photo)





A flyboard show as part of the All-Russian jet ski competition on Lake Staraya Kuban in Krasnodar, Russia on October 23, 2021. (Photo by Dmitry Feoktistov/TASS)





People cross the Red Square in Moscow on October 23, 2021. (Photo by Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP Photo)





Siberian cats are seen at the Tayozhny Krai kennel in Krasnoyarsk, Russia on October 18, 2021. The Siberian cat is a semi long haired cat breed. The Siberian cat, known from the 16th century, is a natural breed registered in 1997 when Siberian cats were discovered in streets of Siberian cities. Irina Markina started breeding the Krasnoyarsk variant of the Siberian cat 10 years ago. Her kennel has 40 cats, kept in an apartment and at pet boarding. The Siberian cat is highly popular abroad due to its beauty and hypoallergenicity. (Photo by Andrei Samsonov/TASS)





A woman wearing a face mask to help curb the spread of the coronavirus kisses a dog at a dog show in St. Petersburg, Russia, Sunday, October 24, 2021. (Photo by Dmitri Lovetsky/AP Photo)





A medical worker prepares a shot of Russia's Sputnik Lite coronavirus vaccine at a vaccination center in the GUM, State Department store, in Red Square with the Spasskaya Tower in the background, in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, October 26, 2021. The daily number of COVID-19 deaths in Russia hit another high Tuesday amid a surge in infections that forced the Kremlin to order most Russians to stay off work starting this week. (Photo by Pavel Golovkin/AP Photo)





A serviceman of Russia's Emergencies Ministry wearing protective gear disinfects Moscow's Savelovsky railway station on October 26, 2021, amid the ongoing coronavirus Covid-19 disease pandemic. Russia has officially recorded 36 446 coronavirus cases and 1 106 death on October 26. Moscow will shut non-essential services between October 28 and November 7. Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a nationwide paid week off starting October 30 to curb fast spreading infections. (Photo by Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP Photo)





A man dressed as an angel stands in a street amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Moscow, Russia on October 26, 2021. (Photo by Evgenia Novozhenina/Reuters)





Participants simulate a mourning ceremony at the funeral exhibition in Moscow on October 26, 2021. (Photo by Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP Photo)





A model takes part in the Necropolis – Tanexpo 2021 international exhibition of funeral accessories, services and commemorative art at Moscow's Expocentre in Moscow, Russia on October 26, 2021. (Photo by Sergei Karpukhin/TASS)





The Necropolis – Tanexpo 2021 international exhibition of funeral accessories, services and commemorative art held at Moscow's Expocentre on October 26, 2021 in Moscow, Russia. (Photo by Pelagiya Tikhonova/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





People walking across Red Square are seen through the window of a vaccination centre in the State Department Store, GUM, amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Moscow, Russia on October 26, 2021. (Photo by Evgenia Novozhenina/Reuters)





Visitors chat next to the painting “Boy with balloons” by Russian artist Oleg Tselkov during a Sotheby's pre-auction exhibition of selected works by Russian 19th- and 20th-century artists at the State Museum of Architecture in Moscow, Russia 27 October 2021. The exhibition runs from 28 to 29 October. (Photo by Yuri Kochetkov/EPA/EFE)





People gather on a pedestrian bridge over the Moskva River at Zaryadye Park, after new measures were imposed by local authorities to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Moscow, Russia on October 28, 2021. (Photo by Maxim Shemetov/Reuters)





Ambulances stand in the line to deliver patients suspected of being infected with the coronavirus to the admissions department at a hospital for COVID-19 patients in St. Petersburg, Russia, Friday, October 29, 2021. Russia on Friday recorded another record of daily coronavirus deaths as authorities hoped to stem contagion by keeping most people off work. (Photo by Dmitri Lovetsky/AP Photo)





A medical worker administers a shot of Russia's Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine inside a mobile vaccination center in Krymsk, Krasnodar region, Russia, Friday, October 29, 2021. Russia has recorded another record of daily coronavirus deaths even as authorities hope to stem contagion by keeping most people off work. Authorities have blamed soaring infections and deaths on Russia's lagging pace of vaccinations. About 51 million Russians – just over a third of the country's nearly 146 million people – were fully vaccinated as of Friday. (Photo by Vitaly Timkiv/AP Photo)





A cook cuts doner kebab for take-away in Moscow, Russia, Friday, October 29, 2021. Russia has recorded another record of daily coronavirus deaths even as authorities hope to stem contagion by keeping most people off work. Moscow introduced the measure starting from Thursday, shutting kindergartens, schools, gyms, entertainment venues and most stores, and restricting restaurants and cafes to only takeout or delivery. Food stores, pharmacies and companies operating key infrastructure remained open. (Photo by Pavel Golovkin/AP Photo)





An aircraft is seen next to the people on the beach in Sochi as the number of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases grows in Russia, September 26, 2020. (Photo by Maxim Shemetov/Reuters)