A portrait of the owner of private military company Wagner Group Yevgeny Prigozhin is set at an informal street memorial for Wagner Group's members killed in a plane crash, near the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, August 29, 2023. Prigozhin was aboard a plane that crashed north of Moscow killing all 10 people on board. Russia's Investigative Committee said forensic and genetic testing identified all 10 bodies recovered from the crash, and the identities “conform with the manifest”. (Photo by Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP Photo)





This image made from a social media and and provided by Ostorozhno Novosti shows smoke billowing over the city and a large blaze in Pskov, Russia, on August 29, 2023. Russian officials accused Ukraine of targeting six Russian regions early Wednesday in what appeared to be the biggest drone attack on Russian soil since Moscow sent troops into Ukraine 18 months ago. (Photo by Ostorozhno Novosti via AP Photo)





The August Super Blue Moon sets behind a historical building and the St. Basil's Cathedral, right, as people walk in Red Square in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, August 30, 2023. The cosmic curtain rises Wednesday night with the second full moon of the month, the reason it is considered blue. It is dubbed a supermoon because it is closer to Earth than usual, appearing especially big and bright. (Photo by Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP Photo)





A view of the grave of Dmitry Utkin, who oversaw Wagner Group's military operations, at the Federal Military Memorial Cemetery in Mytishchy, outside Moscow, Russia, Thursday, August 31, 2023. Utkin, whose military call sign Wagner gave the name to the group, is presumed to have died in a plane crash along with Wagner's owner Yevgeny Prigozhin and other military company's officers was buried at the Federal Military Memorial Cemetery in Mytishchy, outside Moscow on Thursday. (Photo by Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP Photo)





People walk to attend a farewell ceremony for Dmitry Utkin, who oversaw Wagner Group's military operations, at Federal Military Memorial Cemetery in Mytishchy, outside Moscow, Russia, Thursday, August 31, 2023. (Photo by Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP Photo)





An undated handout picture made available on 31 August 2023 by the Moscow Zoo press service shows giant panda Dingding carrying its cub in an enclosure at the Moscow Zoo, in Moscow, Russia. The first giant panda cub in the history of Russia was born at the Moscow Zoo. Pandas were transferred to the Moscow Zoo as part of the international program for the conservation, protection and research of giant pandas. The baby weighing about 150 grams was born to a young pair of giant pandas from China – a male Ruyi and a female Dingding. (Photo by Moscow Zoo Press Service/EPA/EFE)





First graders take part in a ceremony marking the start of classes at a school as part of the traditional opening of the school year known as “Day of Knowledge” in St. Petersburg, Russia, Friday, Sept. 1, 2023. Many schools across the country reopen on Sept. 1. (Photo by Dmitri Lovetsky/AP Photo)





A pin reading “I'm a first grader 2023” adorns the jacket of a schoolboy during a “first bell” ceremony to mark the beginning of the school year in Moscow on September 1, 2023. (Photo by Alexander Nemenov/AFP Photo)





Russian schoolboys parade with a Russian national tricolor flag during a “first bell” ceremony to mark the beginning of the school year in Moscow on September 1, 2023. (Photo by Yuri Kadobnov/AFP Photo)





First graders enter a school yard to take part in a ceremony marking the start of classes at a school as part of the traditional opening of the school year known as “Day of Knowledge” in St. Petersburg, Russia, Friday, September 1, 2023. Many schools across the country reopen on Sept. 1. (Photo by Dmitri Lovetsky/AP Photo)





Pupils carry Russian flag during a ceremony marking the start of classes at a school as part of the traditional opening of the school year known as “Day of Knowledge” in St. Petersburg, Russia, Friday, September 1, 2023. (Photo by Dmitri Lovetsky/AP Photo)





First graders take part in a ceremony marking the start of classes at a school as part of the traditional opening of the school year known as “Day of Knowledge” in St. Petersburg, Russia, Friday, September 1, 2023. (Photo by Dmitri Lovetsky/AP Photo)





A first grader takes part in a ceremony marking the start of classes at a school as part of the traditional opening of the school year known as “Day of Knowledge” in St. Petersburg, Russia, Friday, September 1, 2023. (Photo by Dmitri Lovetsky/AP Photo)





Waiters run with trays during a 400 meter race of waiters and waitresses in Moscow on September 8, 2023. (Photo by Natalia Kolesnikova/AFP Photo)





In this pool photograph distributed by Sputnik agency Russia's President Vladimir Putin attends the naming ceremony of the Arctic tanker-gas carrier “Alexey Kosygin” and the tanker-shuttle “Valentin Pikul” at the Zvezda shipbuilding complex, in Primorsky Krai region on September 11, 2023. (Photo by Alexei Danichev/Pool via AFP Photo)





This handout photograph taken and released by Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of Russia on September 12, 2023, shows North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un (C,L) welcomed by Russia's Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Alexander Kozlov (C,R) upon his arrival at Khasan train station, Primorky region, at the start of his official visit to Russia. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrived in Russia on September 12, 2023 ahead of a meeting with President Vladimir Putin that the United States has warned could see an arms deal to support Moscow's assault on Ukraine. (Photo by Handout/Russian Environment Ministry/AFP Photo)





In this pool photo distributed by Sputnik agency, Russia's President Vladimir Putin (centre L) and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un (centre R) visit the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Amur region on September 13, 2023. Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un both arrived at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Russia's Far East, Russian news agencies reported on September 13, ahead of planned talks that could lead to a weapons deal. (Photo by Artem Geodakyan/Pool via AFP Photo)





In this photo released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service, North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un, center, and Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, foreground right, arrive to inspect Russian warplanes at the Vladivostok International airport in Vladivostok, Russian Far East Saturday, September 16, 2023. (Photo by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP Photo)





People take pictures of a dachshund during a dachshund parade festival in Saint Petersburg, Russia on September 16, 2023. (Photo by Anton Vaganov/Reuters)





A dachshund dressed as a leo walks a podium during a dachshund parade festival in St. Petersburg, Russia, Saturday, September 16, 2023. (Photo by Dmitri Lovetsky/AP Photo)