People tour the Bunker-703, a recently declassified nuclear-resistant bomb shelter built in 1961 at a depth of 43 meters (141 feet) for the Soviet Foreign Affairs Ministry archive, in Moscow, Russia, December 22, 2024. (Photo by Pavel Bednyakov/AP Photo)





A woman takes a tour of the Bunker-703, a recently declassified nuclear-resistant bomb shelter built in 1961 at a depth of 43 meters (141 feet) for the Soviet Foreign Affairs Ministry archive, in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, December 22, 2024. (Photo by Pavel Bednyakov/AP Photo)





Researchers stand behind glass fencing as they show the carcass of a baby mammoth, which is estimated to be over 50,000 years old and was found in the Siberian permafrost in the Batagaika crater in the Verkhoyansky district of Yakutia, during a demonstration in the laboratory of the Mammoth Museum at the North-Eastern Federal University in Yakutsk, Russia, on December 23, 2024. (Photo by Roman Kutukov/Reuters)





People walk along the seasonally decorated Dvortsovaya (Palace) Square with a Christmas tree ahead of New Year and Christmas celebrations in St. Petersburg, Russia, 24 December 2024. Russians are preparing to celebrate New Year's Eve on 31 December, and Christmas, which is observed on 07 January 2024, according to the Russian Orthodox Julian calendar. (Photo by Anatoly Maltsev/EPA)





Decorations for the Christmas and New Year festivities at the Gorky Park in Moscow, Russia, 26 December 2024. Russians are preparing to celebrate New Year's Eve on 31 December and Christmas, observed on 07 January, according to the Russian Orthodox Julian calendar. (Photo by Yuri Kochetkov/EPA)





Candels, flowers and portraits are placed at the Consulate of Azerbaijan in the memory of victims of the Azerbaijan Airlines Embraer ERJ-190AR, that crashed near the Kazakh city of Aktau, in St. Petersburg, Russia, 26 December 2024. Azerbaijan Airlines Embraer ERJ-190AR passenger plane flying from Baku to Grozny crashed some three kilometres away from the Kazakh city of Aktau on 25 December. At least 29 people, including three minors, were rescued and hospitalized in medical institutions of Aktau, the Kazakhstan's Ministry for Emergency Situations said on 26 December, adding that 38 bodies were found at the site of the crash (Photo by Anatoly Maltsev/EPA)





Participants of the New Year's Eve race run gather near a Christmas tree, after the temperature went below minus 47 degrees Celsius (minus 52.6 degrees Fahrenheit) in Yakutsk, the capital of the Sakha Republic located in the northeastern part of Siberia, Russia, on December 31, 2024. (Photo by Vadim Skryabin/Reuters)





People make a selfie as they gather in the center of the Russian far east port Vladivostok, Russia, Tuesday, December 31, 2024, to celebrate the new year. (Photo by AP Photo/Stringer)





Participants of the New Year's Eve race run along a street after the temperature went below minus 47 degrees Celsius (minus 52.6 degrees Fahrenheit) in Yakutsk, the capital of the Sakha Republic located in the northeastern part of Siberia, Russia, on December 31, 2024. (Photo by Vadim Skryabin/Reuters)





Servicemen of Rosguardia (National Guard) guard an area near Red Square prior to celebrating the New Year's Day, in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, December 31, 2024. (Photo by AP Photo)





People gather in the center of the Russian far east port of Vladivostok, Russia, Tuesday, December 31, 2024, to celebrate the new year. (Photo by AP Photo/Stringer)





A couple make a selfie as other people gather in the center of the Russian far east port of Vladivostok, Russia, Tuesday, December 31, 2024, to celebrate the new year 2025. (Photo by AP Photo)





People react as they take part in New Year celebrations in central Moscow, Russia, on January 1, 2025. (Photo by Evgenia Novozhenina/Reuters)





People light sparklers during New Year celebrations near Red Square in central Moscow, Russia, on January 1, 2025. (Photo by Evgenia Novozhenina/Reuters)





A dog climbs a tree in a park in the city of Kronstadt, outside St. Petersburg, Russia, Monday, January 6, 2025. (Photo by Dmitri Lovetsky/AP Photo)





In this photo released by Russian Orthodox Church Press Service, Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin speak after the Christmas service in the Christ The Saviour Cathedral in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, January 7, 2025. (Photo by Oleg Varov/ Russian Orthodox Church Press Service via AP Photo)





People walk and play at a park decorated for the New Year and Christmas festivities with an Orthodox Church in the background in Moscow, Russia, on Tuesday, January 7, 2025. (Photo by Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP Photo)





Actors perform in front of the ice installations during the ice sculptures festival “Ice Moscow” in Moscow, Russia, 06 January 2025. (Photo by Yuri Kochetkov/EPA/EFE)





Actors perform during the ice sculptures festival “Ice Moscow” in Moscow, Russia, 06 January 2025. (Photo by Yuri Kochetkov/EPA/EFE)