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Dugzhuuba (Rite of Purification) is held at the Gunzechoinei Temple in St Petersburg, Russia on February 10, 2021. The ceremony is held ahead of Sagaalgan (White Month), the Buddhist New Year's Day, widely celebrated in Russia's Republic of Buryatia, Transbaikal Territory and Ust-Orda Buryat Autonomous Area. (Photo by Andrei Chepakin/TASS)

Dugzhuuba (Rite of Purification) is held at the Gunzechoinei Temple in St Petersburg, Russia on February 10, 2021. The ceremony is held ahead of Sagaalgan (White Month), the Buddhist New Year's Day, widely celebrated in Russia's Republic of Buryatia, Transbaikal Territory and Ust-Orda Buryat Autonomous Area. (Photo by Andrei Chepakin/TASS)



This handout picture provided by the Babushkinsky district court on February 12, 2021, shows Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, charged with defaming a World War II veteran, standing inside a glass cell during a court hearing in Moscow. (Photo by Handout/Moscow's Babushkinsky district court press service/AFP Photo)

This handout picture provided by the Babushkinsky district court on February 12, 2021, shows Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, charged with defaming a World War II veteran, standing inside a glass cell during a court hearing in Moscow. (Photo by Handout/Moscow's Babushkinsky district court press service/AFP Photo)



A woman walks along the shore of the partially frozen Baltic sea in Zelenogradsk, Kaliningrad Region, Russia on February 12, 2021. (Photo by Vitaly Nevar/Reuters)

A woman walks along the shore of the partially frozen Baltic sea in Zelenogradsk, Kaliningrad Region, Russia on February 12, 2021. (Photo by Vitaly Nevar/Reuters)



A patient is seen at the intensive care unit of the Sklifosovsky Research Institute of Emergency Medicine that treats COVID-19 patients in Moscow, Russia on February 10, 2021. (Photo by Sergei Bobylev/TASS)

A patient is seen at the intensive care unit of the Sklifosovsky Research Institute of Emergency Medicine that treats COVID-19 patients in Moscow, Russia on February 10, 2021. (Photo by Sergei Bobylev/TASS)



Shamans take part in celebrations of Shagaa, the Lunar New Year, in National Park in Tyva Republic, Russia on February 12, 2021. Lunar New Year 2021 is the Year of the Ox. (Photo by Kirill Kukhmar/TASS)

Shamans take part in celebrations of Shagaa, the Lunar New Year, in National Park in Tyva Republic, Russia on February 12, 2021. Lunar New Year 2021 is the Year of the Ox. (Photo by Kirill Kukhmar/TASS)



A woman walks along a forest path during a snowfall near the village of Lyubuchany outside Moscow on February 12, 2021. (Photo by Yuri Kadobnov/AFP Photo)

A woman walks along a forest path during a snowfall near the village of Lyubuchany outside Moscow on February 12, 2021. (Photo by Yuri Kadobnov/AFP Photo)



A girl feeds seagulls in the seaside resort of Sochi on Russia's Black Sea coast in winter on February 5, 2021. (Photo by Dmitry Feoktistov/TASS)

A girl feeds seagulls in the seaside resort of Sochi on Russia's Black Sea coast in winter on February 5, 2021. (Photo by Dmitry Feoktistov/TASS)



Natalya Seraya, chairwoman of “Walruses of the Capital” winter swimming club, dives into the icy waters of the Moskva River on a frosty day in Moscow, Russia on February 13, 2021. (Photo by Evgenia Novozhenina/Reuters)

Natalya Seraya, chairwoman of “Walruses of the Capital” winter swimming club, dives into the icy waters of the Moskva River on a frosty day in Moscow, Russia on February 13, 2021. (Photo by Evgenia Novozhenina/Reuters)



Workers remove snow in a street, which is decorated ahead of Valentine's Day, following heavy snowfall in central Moscow, Russia on February 13, 2021. (Photo by Shamil Zhumatov/Reuters)

Workers remove snow in a street, which is decorated ahead of Valentine's Day, following heavy snowfall in central Moscow, Russia on February 13, 2021. (Photo by Shamil Zhumatov/Reuters)



A municipal worker clears snow as an honor guard soldier stands in his station at the Tomb of Unknown Soldier in Moscow, Russia, Friday, February 12, 2021. The weekly temperature in Moscow is around –12 degree Celsius ( 10.4 degree Fahrenheit) during the day and drops to –18 at night ( –0.4 degree Fahrenheit). (Photo by Pavel Golovkin/AP Photo)

A municipal worker clears snow as an honor guard soldier stands in his station at the Tomb of Unknown Soldier in Moscow, Russia, Friday, February 12, 2021. The weekly temperature in Moscow is around –12 degree Celsius ( 10.4 degree Fahrenheit) during the day and drops to –18 at night ( –0.4 degree Fahrenheit). (Photo by Pavel Golovkin/AP Photo)



Children play in a snowdrift during a heavy snowfall at the Red square on February 13, 2021 in Moscow, Russia. A record-breaking snowstorm descended on Moscow on February 12, paralysing traffic, grounding flights and straining efforts of local authorities to respond to the “snow apocalypse”. (Photo by Oleg Nikishin/Getty Images)

Children play in a snowdrift during a heavy snowfall at the Red square on February 13, 2021 in Moscow, Russia. A record-breaking snowstorm descended on Moscow on February 12, paralysing traffic, grounding flights and straining efforts of local authorities to respond to the “snow apocalypse”. (Photo by Oleg Nikishin/Getty Images)



A man bathes in an ice hole in the Neva River St. Petersburg, Russia, Wednesday, February 10, 2021. The temperature in St. Petersburg is –15C ( 5 °F). (Photo by Dmitri Lovetsky/AP Photo)

A man bathes in an ice hole in the Neva River St. Petersburg, Russia, Wednesday, February 10, 2021. The temperature in St. Petersburg is –15C ( 5 °F). (Photo by Dmitri Lovetsky/AP Photo)



A picture taken on February 8, 2021 shows coffins with remains of Russian and French soldiers who died during Napoleon's 1812 retreat, reflected in an Orthodox icon during a ceremony in a small church in the monastery of John the Precursor in the town of Viazma. The remains of a hundred Russian and French soldiers, unearthed in Viazma, a small town in western Russia, will be buried together on February 13, 2021. (Photo by Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP Photo)

A picture taken on February 8, 2021 shows coffins with remains of Russian and French soldiers who died during Napoleon's 1812 retreat, reflected in an Orthodox icon during a ceremony in a small church in the monastery of John the Precursor in the town of Viazma. The remains of a hundred Russian and French soldiers, unearthed in Viazma, a small town in western Russia, will be buried together on February 13, 2021. (Photo by Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP Photo)



Women hold flowers and a white ribbon as they stand in a line during a rally in support of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny and his wife Yulia Navalnaya at Arbat street in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, February 14, 2021. (Photo by Pavel Golovkin/AP Photo)

Women hold flowers and a white ribbon as they stand in a line during a rally in support of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny and his wife Yulia Navalnaya at Arbat street in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, February 14, 2021. (Photo by Pavel Golovkin/AP Photo)



People shine their cellphone flashlights in support of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny and his wife Yulia Navalnaya near Red Square, Moscow, Russia, Sunday, February 14, 2021. When the team of jailed Russia opposition leader Alexei Navalny announced a protest in a new format, urging people to come out to their residential courtyards on Sunday and shine their cellphone flashlights, many responded with jokes and skepticism. After two weekends of nationwide demonstrations, the new protest format looked to some like a retreat. But not to Russian authorities, who moved vigorously to extinguish the illuminated protests planned for Sunday. (Photo by Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP Photo)

People shine their cellphone flashlights in support of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny and his wife Yulia Navalnaya near Red Square, Moscow, Russia, Sunday, February 14, 2021. When the team of jailed Russia opposition leader Alexei Navalny announced a protest in a new format, urging people to come out to their residential courtyards on Sunday and shine their cellphone flashlights, many responded with jokes and skepticism. After two weekends of nationwide demonstrations, the new protest format looked to some like a retreat. But not to Russian authorities, who moved vigorously to extinguish the illuminated protests planned for Sunday. (Photo by Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP Photo)



A woman holds an image of heart and a white ribbon as she stands in a line of women during a rally in support of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny and his wife Yulia Navalnaya at Arbat street in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, February 14, 2021. (Photo by Pavel Golovkin/AP Photo)

A woman holds an image of heart and a white ribbon as she stands in a line of women during a rally in support of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny and his wife Yulia Navalnaya at Arbat street in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, February 14, 2021. (Photo by Pavel Golovkin/AP Photo)



A young woman holds an illuminated duck, in support of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny and his wife Yulia Navalnaya near Red Square, with the Historical Museum and the Kremlin Wall in the background, in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, February 14, 2021. (Photo by Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP Photo)

A young woman holds an illuminated duck, in support of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny and his wife Yulia Navalnaya near Red Square, with the Historical Museum and the Kremlin Wall in the background, in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, February 14, 2021. (Photo by Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP Photo)



Newlyweds walk on Red Square during a snowfall in Moscow, Russia, 12 February 2021. Moscow was struck by a powerful snowfall, which is expected to continue during the next three days. Temperatures in the Russian capital dropped to minus 15 degrees Celsius. (Photo by Sergei Ilnitsky/EPA/EFE)

Newlyweds walk on Red Square during a snowfall in Moscow, Russia, 12 February 2021. Moscow was struck by a powerful snowfall, which is expected to continue during the next three days. Temperatures in the Russian capital dropped to minus 15 degrees Celsius. (Photo by Sergei Ilnitsky/EPA/EFE)



Participants in the children's event of the 2021 Ski Track of Russia mass ski race in Pargolovo in St Petersburg, Russia on February 13, 2021. (Photo by Alexander Demianchuk/TASS)

Participants in the children's event of the 2021 Ski Track of Russia mass ski race in Pargolovo in St Petersburg, Russia on February 13, 2021. (Photo by Alexander Demianchuk/TASS)



Participants ride down a slope during the “Sunnyfest” festival of unusual sledges in the town of Mamadysh in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia on February 6, 2021. (Photo by Alexey Nasyrov/Reuters)

Participants ride down a slope during the “Sunnyfest” festival of unusual sledges in the town of Mamadysh in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia on February 6, 2021. (Photo by Alexey Nasyrov/Reuters)
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