A worker throws snow from the roof of the Winter Palace during snowfall in St. Petersburg, Russia, Tuesday, January 11, 2022, with the Admiralty building and the St. Isaac's Cathedral in the background. (Photo by Dmitri Lovetsky/AP Photo)





People lay lay flowers in memory of victims during at the fence of the Kazakhstan Embassy in Moscow, Russia, Monday, January 10, 2022. The authorities in Kazakhstan said Monday that nearly 8,000 people were detained by police during protests that descended into violence last week and marked the worst unrest the former Soviet nation has faced since gaining independence 30 years ago. (Photo by Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP Photo)





A man plays with his daughter on the ice of the Neva River in St. Petersburg, Russia, Tuesday, January 11, 2022. (Photo by Dmitri Lovetsky/AP Photo)





A woman takes children for a ride as y a cyclone from Japan brings heavy snowstorms to Russia's Sakhalin Island in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia on January 12, 2022. The Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk – Okha section of the Trans-Sakhalin motorway was closed along with the northern part of the Okha – Moskalvo highway, flights cancelled in both directions between Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Okha and Aleksandrovsk-Sakhalinsky. Educational institutions were bound to switch to distance learning in the region's eight districts on January 12. (Photo by Nikolai Mikhalchenko/TASS)





Children play during a heavy snowstorm on Sakhalin Island in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia on January 13, 2022. Weather reports indicate the year’s first snowstorm has brought 44mm of snow, which is close to the monthly average for January. (Photo by Sergei Krasnoukhov/TASS)





In this image taken from video released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service, Russian peacekeepers of Collective Security Treaty Organization leave a Russian military plane during the withdrawal of its troops, at an airport outside Moscow, Russia, Saturday, January 15, 2022. Russia's defense ministry says the troops that were deployed to Kazakhstan as violent demonstrations shook the country have returned home. The troops were part of a force sent as peacekeepers by the Collective Treaty Security Organization, a Russia-led alliance of six former Soviet states. The CSTO approved the force of more than 2,000 on Jan. 5 at the request of Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev. (Photo by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP Photo)





A Russian service member is seen through a shield during tactical exercises of an assault engineering unit at a training ground in Kamensk-Shakhtinsky in the Rostov region, Russia on January 17, 2022. (Photo by Sergey Pivovarov/Reuters)





Orthodox priests conduct a religion service blessing the ice water of the Tura river during a traditional Epiphany celebration as the temperature is about –5 degrees (23 degrees Fahrenheit) at the Holy Trinity Monastery in Tyumen, Russia, Tuesday, January 18, 2022. (Photo by Sergei Rusanov/AP Photo)





A man takes a dip in icy waters during celebrations of the Orthodox Christian feast of Epiphany in Pereslavl-Zalessky, Yaroslavl region, Russia on January 19, 2022. (Photo by Maxim Shemetov/Reuters)





Amber hunters gather amber on the Baltic Sea coast in the town of Pionersky in Kaliningrad region, Russia on January 18, 2022. (Photo by Vitaly Nevar/Reuters)





An amber hunter holds a nugget found on the Baltic Sea coast in the town of Pionersky in Kaliningrad region, Russia on January 18, 2022. (Photo by Vitaly Nevar/Reuters)





An amber hunter holds his net on the Baltic Sea coast in the town of Pionersky in Kaliningrad region, Russia on January 18, 2022. (Photo by Vitaly Nevar/Reuters)





A man immerses himself in the icy waters during celebrations of the Orthodox Christian feast of Epiphany in the settlement of Ivanovskoye in the Moscow region, Russia on January 19, 2022. (Photo by Maxim Shemetov/Reuters)





A man takes a dip in the icy water of the Irtysh River, as students and staff of the Omsk Tank Engineering Institute celebrate the Orthodox Christian feast of Epiphany in Omsk, Russia January 19, 2022. (Photo by Alexey Malgavko/Reuters)





A man walks on the flooring covered with icicles before immersing into the Irtysh River, as students and staff of the Omsk Tank Engineering Institute celebrate the Orthodox Christian feast of Epiphany in Omsk, Russia on January 19, 2022. (Photo by Alexey Malgavko/Reuters)





A woman poses for a picture near an ice hole as a man takes a dip during celebrations of the Orthodox Christian feast of Epiphany in the settlement of Ivanovskoye in the Moscow region, Russia on January 19, 2022. (Photo by Maxim Shemetov/Reuters)





Russian service members take part in tactical exercises of an assault engineering unit at a training ground in Kamensk-Shakhtinsky in the Rostov region, Russia on January 17, 2022. (Photo by Sergey Pivovarov/Reuters)





A view from the cockpit of a Russian Su-30 fighter jet as it takes part in a training mission in Krasnodar Region, Russia, Wednesday, January 19, 2022. (Photo by Vitaliy Timkiv/AP Photo)





A Ka-52 “Alligator” reconnaissance and attack helicopter is seen during flight testing conducted by the Russian Air Force of the Southern Military District at a military aerodrome in the Rostov region, Russia on January 19, 2022. (Photo by Sergey Pivovarov/Reuters)