Men perform during an event marking Republic Day of North Ossetia-Alania and City Day by the Terek River in Vladikavkaz, Russia on October 11, 2020. The year 2020 marks 246 years since Ossetia became part of the Russian Empire, the 96th anniversary of the foundation of the North Ossetian Autonomous Region and the city of Vladikavkaz celebrates its 236th birthday. (Photo by Yelena Afonina/TASS)





Dancers of the Chechen state dance ensemble Vainakh perform during a concert marking City Day in Grozny, Russia on October 5, 2020. (Photo by Yelena Afonina/TASS)





Police tell people to leave the square in front of regional government building during a rally to support former region's governor Sergei Furgal in Khabarovsk, 6,100 kilometers (3,800 miles) east of Moscow, Russia, Saturday, October 10, 2020. Police in a far eastern Russian city have detained several dozen protesters in the first such crackdown since rallies against the arrest of the provincial governor started three months ago. Khabarovsk Gov. Sergei Furgal was arrested on July 9 on suspicion of involvement in murders and taken to jail in Moscow. (Photo by Igor Volkov/AP Photo)





Police detain a protester during a rally to support former region's governor Sergei Furgal in Khabarovsk, 6,100 kilometers (3,800 miles) east of Moscow, Russia, Saturday, October 10, 2020. (Photo by Igor Volkov/AP Photo)





Fashion designer Bella Potemkina (front) attends the closing ceremony of the 2020 Moscow International Film Festival at the Moscow Musical Theatre in Moscow, Russia on October 8, 2020. (Photo by Vyacheslav Prokofyev/TASS)





Opilio crabs washed up on the Khalaktyrsky beach, Kamchatka Territory, Russia on October 8, 2020. The ecologists have taken samples of dead shellfish found at the bottom as well as water and soil for further analysis in Moscow. Earlier, the Hydrometeorological Service detected an excessive content of phenol and petroleum products in the coastal zone near the Khalaktyrsky Beach, with local residents reporting a mass stranding of marine animals. (Photo by Yelena Vereshchaka/TASS)





A couple enjoy sunny autumn weather in a park in Moscow, Russia on October 6, 2020. (Photo by Maxim Shemetov/Reuters)





A woman speaks on the phone by the window at the City Clinical Hospital Number 52, where patients suffering from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are treated, in Moscow, Russia on October 8, 2020. Russia reported its highest daily coronavirus cases ever since the last record in May on Friday, prompting Moscow authorities to mull closing bars and nightclubs. (Photo by Maxim Shemetov/Reuters)





A trainer from the canine service of Aeroflot airline trains sniffer dogs to detect the coronavirus in biomaterial from infected people near Sheremetyevo International Airport, outside Moscow, Russia on October 9, 2020. (Photo by Tatyana Makeyeva/Reuters)





A medic wearing protective suit waves as he walks to start a shift to treat patients suffering from the coronavirus in a hospital in Tver, Russia October 13, 2020. (Photo by Tatyana Makeyeva/Reuters)





A woman takes a selfie with yellow leaves in a park in Moscow, Russia on October 14, 2020. (Photo by Maxim Shemetov/Reuters)





People walk on a pedestrian bridge in the woods during sunny autumn weather in Moscow, Russia on October 6, 2020. (Photo by Maxim Shemetov/Reuters)





Passengers wear protective masks at the Moscow Metro in Moscow, Russia on October 13, 2020. About 96,000 people have been fined in Moscow for not wearing protective masks and gloves on public transport since the requirement was introduced in May 2020. Passengers violating the requirement face a 5,000 rouble fine. The total amount of fines reached almost 480 million roubles. (Photo by Vladimir Gerdo/TASS)





A statue of Vladimir Lenin in 1905 Goda Square in Yekaterinburg, Russia on October 14, 2020, with a face mask put on and signed “Protect Yourself and the Ones You Love”. A group of medical volunteers has put face masks on local statues with consent from the authorities. (Photo by Donat Sorokin/TASS)





Police officers wearing face masks to protect against coronavirus walk past a photo of Kremlin's Spasskaya Tower, left, and St. Basil's Cathedral in Sheremetyevo Airport, outside Moscow, Russia, Friday, October 9, 2020. The coronavirus outbreak in Russia continues its rapid growth. (Photo by Pavel Golovkin/AP Photo)





Servicemen of Special Forces of the Volga Federal District's National Guard troops take qualification tests at the Bars training ground to earn the maroon beret in Tatarstan, Russia on October 1, 2020. (Photo by Yegor Aleyev/TASS)





A serviceman of Special Forces of the Volga Federal District's National Guard troops listens to instructions as he takes qualification tests at the Bars training ground to earn the maroon beret in Tatarstan, Russia on October 1, 2020. (Photo by Yegor Aleyev/TASS)





A serviceman of Special Forces of the Volga Federal District's National Guard troops takes part in an obstacle course at the Bars training ground as part of qualification tests to earn the maroon beret in Tatarstan, Russia on October 1, 2020. (Photo by Yegor Aleyev/TASS)





Servicemen of Special Forces of the Volga Federal District's National Guard troops fight at the Bars training ground as part of qualification tests to earn the maroon beret in Tatarstan, Russia on October 1, 2020. (Photo by Yegor Aleyev/TASS)





A woman wearing a face shield to protect against the coronavirus disease sits on a bench at an embankment of the Moskva river in Moscow on September 30, 2020. (Photo by Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP Photo)