People look at the Soviet submarine K-3 “Leninsky Komsomol” installed as a museum, during the International Maritime Defence Show “Fleet-2024” in Kronstadt, outside St. Petersburg, Russia, Wednesday, June 19, 2024. K-3 “Leninsky Komsomol” (NATO reporting project name “November”), the first nuclear submarine of the Soviet Union was built in 1957 and based in Soviet Navy's Northern Fleet in Murmansk region. In 1967, while transiting the Norwegian Sea, 39 crew members of K-3 died in bow compartments in the fire. (Photo by Dmitri Lovetsky/AP Photo)





A general view shows the Kremlin and the embankment of Moskva River as the storm approaches, in Moscow, Russia on June 20, 2024. (Photo by Maxim Shemetov/Reuters)





People perform a round dance during Ivan Kupala festival, marking the day of the summer solstice, in Leningrad Region, Russia on June 20, 2024. (Photo by Anton Vaganov/Reuters)





A person waves a drum while other people wearing traditional Russian village-style clothes celebrate the summer solstice near a bonfire in the village of Okunevo, about 200 kilometers (about 125 miles) northeast of the Siberian city of Omsk, Russia, in Okunevo, Russia, Thursday, June 20, 2024. (Photo by Evgeniy Sofiychuk/AP Photo)





People wearing traditional Russian village-style clothes celebrate the summer solstice near a bonfire in the village of Okunevo, about 200 kilometers (about 125 miles) northeast of the Siberian city of Omsk, Russia, in Okunevo, Russia, late Thursday, June 20, 2024. The festivities of Ivan Kupala, or John the Baptist, are similar to Mardi Gras and reflect pre-Christian Slavic traditions and practices. (Photo by Evgeniy Sofiychuk/AP Photo)





People jump over the fire wearing traditional Russian village-style clothes as they celebrate the summer solstice with a bonfire in the village of Okunevo, about 200 kilometers (125 miles) northeast of the Siberian city of Omsk, Russia, in Okunevo, Russia, late Thursday, June 20, 2024. (Photo by Evgeniy Sofiychuk/AP Photo)





People wearing traditional Russian village-style clothes celebrate the summer solstice near a bonfire in the village of Okunevo, about 200 kilometers (about 125 miles) northeast of the Siberian city of Omsk, Russia, in Okunevo, Russia, late Thursday, June 20, 2024. The festivities of Ivan Kupala, or John the Baptist, are similar to Mardi Gras and reflect pre-Christian Slavic traditions and practices. (Photo by Evgeniy Sofiychuk/AP Photo)





A person waves a drum while other people wearing traditional Russian village-style clothes celebrate the summer solstice near a bonfire in the village of Okunevo, about 200 kilometers (about 125 miles) northeast of the Siberian city of Omsk, Russia, in Okunevo, Russia, Thursday, June 20, 2024. (Photo by Evgeniy Sofiychuk/AP Photo)





A reveller takes photos during Ivan Kupala festival, the day of the summer solstice, in Leningrad Region, Russia on June 20, 2024. (Photo by Anton Vaganov/Reuters)





People gather to celebrate Summer Solstice Day (Kupala Festival) which is the longest day and shortest night of the year in the suburbs of the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, Russia on June 23, 2024. The Slavic Holiday Kupala - the day of the summer solstice is celebrated from June 21 to 24. This is one of the main four holidays of the ancient Slavs, dedicated to the positions of the Sun (Kolyada, Maslenitsa, Kupala, Radogoshch). Kupala is one of the oldest holidays, which has been preserved by many traditions and customs of ancestors to this day. (Photo by Alexander Manzyuk/Anadolu via Getty Images)





People attend an annual yoga festival as part of the of the celebration of the 10th International Day of Yoga at the Tsaritsino Park in Moscow, Russia, 23 June 2024. International Day of Yoga is celebrated annually on 21 June, and has been recognized worldwide since 2015. The United Nations declared Yoga a practice of physical, mental, and spiritual exercise originating in ancient India. This year marked the 10th anniversary of the annual event, and the theme is “Yoga for Self and Society”. (Photo by Maxim Shipenkov/EPA/EFE)





People pass a Wagner Group informal memorial in downtown of Moscow, Russia, 24 June 2024. One year ago, on 23 June 2023, Yevgeny Prigozhin accused the Russian Defense Ministry of a missile strike on Wagner's rear positions and proclaimed a “march of justice” to Moscow. On 24 June 2023, the fighters entered Rostov-on-Don, occupied the headquarters of the Southern Front, and took control of military facilities. During the mutiny, they shot down two aircraft: an Il-22 and a Ka-52. The next day, the Wagner columns turned around. Alexander Lukashenko mediated the resolution of the situation. (Photo by Yuri Kochetkov/EPA)





A gun lies on a blood-stained floor after a counter-terrorism operation in Dagestan, Russia on June 24, 2024. At least 19 people, including 15 police officers and an Orthodox priest, were killed by armed militants on Sunday. (Photo by AP Photo/Stringer)





Street artists dressed in carnival costumes walk near an installation depicting a Russian soldier, as they take part in the street theatrical procession on the Old Arbat street in Moscow, Russia, 24 June 2024. The theatrical procession takes place on the eve of the award ceremony for the winners of the National Theater Prize and the Golden Mask festival. The event is organized by the Tavrida art cluster and the youth community of theater workers. (Photo by Yuri Kochetkov/EPA/EFE)





Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who stands trial on spying charges, is seen inside an enclosure for defendants before a court hearing in Yekaterinburg, Russia on June 26, 2024. Gershkovich, the American-born son of immigrants from the former Soviet Union, is the first U.S. journalist arrested on spying charges in Russia since the Cold War. Russian authorities have not provided any evidence to support the espionage charges. (Photo by Evgenia Novozhenina/Reuters)





A brig with scarlet sails floats on the Neva River as the police block the way for people to the embankment during a rehearsal for the Scarlet Sails festivities marking school graduation in St. Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, June 27, 2024. (Photo by Dmitri Lovetsky/AP Photo)





The brig “Russia” in the waters of the Neva River seen during the dress rehearsal of the Scarlet Sails alumni holiday, which will be held from June 28 to 29, 2024 in St. Petersburg. The annual music and theater youth festival “Scarlet Sails” is held on the Neva. The main event of the festival is the ceremony of raising the red sails on the brig “Russia”, which sails along the Neva River in the center of St. Petersburg. As part of the celebration, a large concert is held in Dvorvotsa Square, and guests will also enjoy a large fireworks display. The Scarlet Sails holiday is considered one of the brightest summer events in St. Petersburg and a symbol of graduation for Russian schoolchildren. (Photo by Artem Priakhin/SOPA Images/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





A participant attends the Days of Culture of the United Arab Emirates as part of the “Summer in Moscow” festival near Red Square in Moscow, Russia, 28 June 2024. The Days of Culture of the United Arab Emirates, organized by the Embassy of the United Arab Emirates in Moscow and the Moscow government, will take place from 02 June to 02 July 2024. (Photo by Yuri Kochetkov/EPA)





A Russian veteran salutes next to a monument to Soviet soldiers killed in action in Afghanistan during Soviet invasion of 1979-1989, marking the annual Combat Veterans Day at Poklonnaya Hill War Memorial Park in Moscow on July 1, 2024. (Photo by Alexander Nemenov/AFP Photo)





People enjoy a hot day at a pond at residential district in Moscow, Russia, 03 July 2024. The temperatures in Moscow exceeded 33 degrees Celsius. (Photo by Maxim Shipenkov/EPA/EFE)