Tourists walk in front of several Orthodox churches in the historical center of the town of Rostov Velikiy, Yaroslavl' region, on March 6, 2021. Rostov Velikiy (The Great) is part of the so called Golden Ring of Russia, comprising several cities outside Moscow, which also played a significant role in the formation of the Russian Orthodox Church. The Golden Ring towns feature unique monuments of Russian architecture of the 12th–18th centuries, including kremlins, monasteries, cathedrals, and churches. (Photo by Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP Photo)





Russian man walks on the street in front of the colorized famous photograph of Yevgeny Khaldey “Raising a Flag over the Reichstag” depicting the defeat of the Nazis in World War II in Moscow, Russia, 09 March 2021. (Photo by Sergei Ilnitsky/EPA/EFE)





A view of a mockup of the Razor Crest spaceship from The Mandalorian drama series set within the Star Wars universe in Yakutsk, Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia on March 12, 2021. Fans have built the replica in several months. The length of the mockup is 14 m, its width is 10 m and its height is 4 m; it weighs over a tonne. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)





A woman walks her dog during snowfall in Stavropol, Russia on March 12, 2021. (Photo by Eduard Korniyenko/Reuters)





Russian President Vladimir Putin shows a thumbs-up as he takes part in a ceremony with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan via video conference of remotely inaugurating the construction of a third nuclear reactor of Akkuyu power plant in southern Turkey, in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, March 10, 2021. The presidents of Turkey and Russia have remotely inaugurated the construction of a third nuclear reactor of Akkuyu power plant in southern Turkey, vowing to continue their close cooperation. (Photo by Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP Photo)





A participant swims during the winter Cryathlon tournament which includes running on snow, ski racing and ice swimming, in the settlement of Malakhovka in Moscow Region, Russia on March 7, 2021. (Photo by Evgenia Novozhenina/Reuters)





A man climbs up a wooden pole to get a prize during celebrations of Maslenitsa, also known as Pancake Week, which is a pagan holiday marking the end of winter, in Russia's far eastern city of Vladivostok, Russia on March 14, 2021. (Photo by Yuri Maltsev/Reuters)





Windows are lit at the Primorye Territory government building forming the shape of a heart to mark the upcoming International Women's Day in Vladivostok, Russia on March 7, 2021. (Photo by Yuri Smityuk/TASS)





An aerial view shows a hockey rink after a match on the ice of Lake Baikal, organized to draw attention to the environmental problems of the lake, in the village of Bolshoye Goloustnoye in Irkutsk region, Russia on March 8, 2021. Picture taken with a drone. (Photo by Maxim Shemetov/Reuters)





A man rides a bike in the frozen Finnish Gulf outside St. Petersburg, Russia, Wednesday, March 10, 2021. (Photo by Dmitri Lovetsky/AP Photo)





A man carries flowers at a market on International Women's Day in Moscow, Russia on March 8, 2021. (Photo by Evgenia Novozhenina/Reuters)





Two police officers and a woman in a carnival costume walk in the snowfall, in Moscow, on March 13, 2021. (Photo by Yuri Kadobnov/AFP Photo)





A man stands near a police bus after he was detained in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, March 13, 2021. Russian police on Saturday detained about 150 participants of a forum of independent members of municipal councils, an action that comes amid the authorities' multi-pronged crackdown on dissent. Police showed up at the gathering in Moscow shortly after it opened, saying that all those present will be detained for taking part in an event organized by an “undesirable” organization. (Photo by Victor Berezkin/AP Photo)





An elderly Chechen man walks to pray at a snow-covered cemetery, a memorial to the Stalin-era deportation's victims, in Grozny, Russia, Friday, March 12, 2021. Chechens and Ingush were victims of the 1944 deportations to the barren steppes of then-Soviet Central Asia. (Photo by Musa Sadulayev/AP Photo)





This picture taken on March 13, 2021, shows artist Sergei Pakhomov performing inside a wooden structure “Corona Tower” during celebrations of Maslenitsa, the eastern Slavic Shrovetide in the village of Nikola-Lenivets. Shrovetide or Maslenitsa is an ancient farewell ceremony to winter, traditionally celebrated in Belarus, Russia and Ukraine and involves the burning of a large effigy. (Photo by Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP Photo)





This picture taken on March 13, 2021, shows a spectator watching the burning wooden structure “Corona Tower” created by Russian artist Nikolay Polissky during celebrations of Maslenitsa, the eastern Slavic Shrovetide in the village of Nikola-Lenivets. Shrovetide or Maslenitsa is an ancient farewell ceremony to winter, traditionally celebrated in Belarus, Russia and Ukraine and involves the burning of a large effigy. (Photo by Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP Photo)





A participant runs during the winter Cryathlon tournament which includes running on snow, ski racing and ice swimming, in the settlement of Malakhovka in Moscow Region, Russia on March 7, 2021. (Photo by Evgenia Novozhenina/Reuters)





A visitor reacts next to a plastinated human body on display during press review of the anatomical exhibition “Body Worlds” in Moscow, Russia, 11 March 2021. All exhibits are real bodies donated by their owners for this educational project and painstakingly processed according to all the rules of plastination. In total, since 1980, more than 19,000 people have donated their bodies for plastination. The Body Worlds exhibition will start 12 March 2021. (Photo by Yuri Kochetkov/EPA/EFE)





Artists perform near a Soviet-era monument during celebration of Maslenitsa, also known as Pancake Week, which is a pagan holiday marking the end of winter, in Yevpatoriya, Crimea on March 14, 2021. (Photo by Alexey Pavlishak/Reuters)