The full moon rises behind a bridge of the Western High-Speed Diameter (WHSD) highway in Saint Petersburg, Russia on May 13, 2025. (Photo by Anton Vaganov/Reuters)





Grigory Melkonyants, the co-chair of Russia's election monitoring group Golos (Voice), who is accused of cooperating with an “undesirable organisation”, reacts inside an enclosure for defendants during a court hearing in Moscow, Russia on May 14, 2025. (Photo by Evgenia Novozhenina/Reuters)





Commuters pause walking past the newly unveiled high relief depicting Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin in a passage at Taganskaya metro station in Moscow on May 15, 2025. Moscow authorities on May 15, 2025 unveiled a high relief to Joseph Stalin inside the Russian capital's metro, as the Kremlin has for years pushed to rehabilitate the dictator, promoting an ultra-patriotic version of history that glosses over Soviet-era repression. The Moscow Metro unveiled the replica of the high relief of Soviet dictator inside the central Taganskaya station, that had been destroyed in the 1960s during the de-stalinization campaign. (Photo by Alexander Nemenov/AFP Photo)





Cadets and young volunteers unfurl a giant replica of the Soviet Flag of Victory continuing to mark the Victory Day to celebrate 80 years after the victory in World War II, The Great Patriotic War for the Soviet Union, next to the Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral in St. Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, May 15, 2025. (Photo by Dmitri Lovetsky/AP Photo)





Children cool themselves by a fountain at Muzeon park in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, May 22, 2025. (Photo by Pavel Bednyakov/AP Photo)





A man and a child examine a Soviet era GAZ M21 Volga car at a transport festival in St. Petersburg, Russia, Saturday, May 24, 2025. (Photo by Dmitri Lovetsky/AP Photo)





A worker cleans a statue of famous Russian poet Aleksander Pushkin in St. Petersburg, Russia, Monday, May 26, 2025. (Photo by Dmitri Lovetsky/AP Photo)





Youths practice their skills in cheerleading outside Palace Square in St. Petersburg, Russia, Tuesday, May 27, 2025. (Photo by Dmitri Lovetsky/AP Photo)





People watch and photograph sunset behind the Kremlin standing on the “Flying glass bridge” over the Moscow River at Zaryadye park in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, May 29, 2025. (Photo by Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP Photo)





A motorcyclist performs during the Day of Moscow Sports Festival in Moscow, Russia, 31 May 2025. The festival, organized by Moscow authorities, aims to promote a healthy lifestyle. (Photo by Maxim Shipenkov/EPA/EFE)





Toy Poodle and Chihuahua dogs are seen during Russian Cynological Federation championship in dog agility in Moscow, Russia, on May 31, 2025. (Photo by Maxim Shemetov/Reuters)





A pavilion in the form of a giant strawberry is seen next to the office of Sovkombank at Moscow International Business Center, also known as Moscow-City, in Moscow, on June 2, 2025. (Photo by Maxim Shemetov/Reuters)





An employee of the Museum of Urban Sculpture cleans one of the four famous horse sculptures of the Anichkov Bridge over the Fontanka River in St. Petersburg, Russia, early Monday, June 2, 2025. (Photo by Dmitri Lovetsky/AP Photo)





Muslims attend Eid al-Adha mass prayer, marking the end of the hajj pilgrimage, near a board promoting service in the Russian army and invites volunteers to sign a contract with the defence ministry, in Moscow, Russia on June 6, 2025. (Photo by Yulia Morozova/Reuters)





Law enforcement officers stand guard as muslims attend Eid al-Adha mass prayer, marking the end of the hajj pilgrimage near Moscow's grand mosque in Russia, on June 6, 2025. (Photo by Maxim Shemetov/Reuters)





A boy yawns as other Muslims offer Eid al-Adha prayers at the Moscow Cathedral Mosque during celebrations in Moscow, Russia, Friday, June 6, 2025. (Photo by Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP Photo)





Kites fly in the sky during the Kite Show at the historical complex “Fort Konstantin” in city of Kronstadt outside Saint Petersburg, on June 7, 2025. (Photo by Olga Maltseva/AFP Photo)





Participants get covered with colored powder during The Color Run in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, June 8, 2025. (Photo by Pavel Bednyakov/AP Photo)





Participants get covered with colored powder during The Color Run in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, June 8, 2025. (Photo by Pavel Bednyakov/AP Photo)





Participants get covered with colored powder during The Color Run in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, June 8, 2025. (Photo by Pavel Bednyakov/AP Photo)