An employee who works at a recycling centre, looks out the window in Omsk, Russia, February 14, 2020. (Photo by Alexey Malgavko/Reuters)





Sasha, 49, nicknamed “Poltorashka” (1,5-litre beverage bottle) and Lyusya Stepanova, 44, both of whom are homeless, sit on a warm pipe with their dog Bim, as they share a meal in Omsk, Russia, December 3, 2019. (Photo by Alexey Malgavko/Reuters)





Denis, nicknamed Den “Mladshiy” (junior), who is homeless, pushes a pram that he uses to store and transport disposed glass bottles and other recyclable items he can exchange for payment at a recycling centre, in Omsk, Russia, January 25, 2020. (Photo by Alexey Malgavko/Reuters)





A man who is homeless, smokes a cigarette as he attends a charity event organised by Caritas, a Catholic organisation, held to distribute food and present gifts to homeless and lower-income citizens during the Christmas period in Omsk, Russia, December 26, 2019. (Photo by Alexey Malgavko/Reuters)





Bystrushkin, who is visually impaired and homeless, looks through a rubbish bin in Omsk, Russia, November 28, 2019. (Photo by Alexey Malgavko/Reuters)





Lyusya Stepanova, 44, who is homeless, smokes a cigarette after waking up, on a warm pipe in Omsk, Russia, December 23, 2019. (Photo by Alexey Malgavko/Reuters)





Participants in a bandy match between Team Irkutsk Region and the Zvezda Urala (A Star of the Urals) team at the GUM ice skating rink in Moscow's Red Square on February 19, 2020 held as part of the 10th Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and all Russia Bandy Tournament for children. (Photo by Alexander Shcherbak/TASS)





A column of Yars intercontinental ballistic missile launchers seen at the Moscow Ring Road (MKAD) on February 27, 2020 as they are heading to the Alabino training ground to take part in preparations for the 9 May Victory Day military parade marking the 75th anniversary of the victory of the Soviet Red Army over Nazi Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-45, the Eastern Front of the Second World War. (Photo by Sergei Karpukhin/TASS)





A protester holds a poster reading “Tired of” during a rally in memory of opposition leader Boris Nemtsov in St. Petersburg, Russia, Saturday, February 29, 2020. Nemtsov, a charismatic Russian opposition leader and sharp critic of President Vladimir Putin, was gunned down on Feb. 27, 2015 near the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia. (Photo by Dmitri Lovetsky/AP Photo)





A man climbs up a wooden pole to get a prize in front of an Orthodox cathedral during celebrations of Maslenitsa, also known as Pancake Week, which is a pagan holiday marking the end of winter, in Vladivostok, Russia on March 1, 2020. (Photo by Yuri Maltsev/Reuters)





People take part in a festive activity during celebrations of Maslenitsa, also known as Pancake Week, which is a pagan holiday marking the end of winter, in Moscow region, Russia on March 1, 2020. (Photo by Evgenia Novozhenina/Reuters)





In this photo taken on Saturday, February 22, 2020, a surveillance camera, top left, is seen as people walk down in a Moscow's Metro (subway) station in Moscow, Russia. Metro workers were instructed to stop passengers from China and ask them to fill out a questionnaire about the purpose of their visit to Russia, address of residence, health condition and whether they underwent quarantine upon arrival. (Photo by Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP Photo)





A view shows a monument to Soviet state founder Vladimir Lenin in the village of Kazinka in Stavropol region, Russia on February 20, 2020. (Photo by Eduard Korniyenko/Reuters)





People visit the newly opened “B&W cafe” in the center of St. Petersburg, Russia, 19 February 2020. The interior of the first black-and-white coffee shop to open in Russia looks drawn. This effect was achieved by the creators using white paint and black lines. All repairs and design were done by hand in 35 days. (Photo by Anatoly Maltsev/EPA/EFE)





A man climbs on a pole in snowfall to get a prize during celebrations of Maslenitsa, or Pancake Week, in Veliky Novgorod, some 550 kilometers (340 miles) northeast of Moscow, Russia, Sunday, March 1, 2020, with a statue of Soviet Union founder Vladimir Lenin on the right. Maslenitsa is traditional Russian holiday marking the end of winter that dates back to the pagan times. (Photo by Dmitri Lovetsky/AP Photo)





A visitor walks past a huge aquarium in Aviapark shopping mall in Moscow on February 18, 2020. Aviapark is the largest shopping mall in Europe, covering an area of 230,000 square meters, and its 25-meter-high aquarium has a capacity of 650,000 cubic meters of water. (Photo by Alexander Nemenov/AFP Photo)





Participants dressed in historical armours fight during the WMFC Medieval fighting championship in Moscow, Russia on February 23, 2020. (Photo by Maxim Shemetov/Reuters)





World War Two veterans Viktor Pavlyuchuk and Viktor Sirotkin attend celebrations of Maslenitsa, or Pancake Week, a pagan holiday marking the end of winter, at the General Yermolov Cadet School in southern city of Stavropol, Russia on February 29, 2020. (Photo by Eduard Korniyenko/Reuters)





A man wearing a traditional Russian costume holds a goose after a traditional goose fight during celebrations of Maslenitsa, also known as Pancake Week, which is a pagan holiday marking the end of winter, in Suzdal, Russia on February 29, 2020. (Photo by Maxim Shemetov/Reuters)





People watch a sculpture of a bridge burning at the Maslenitsa (Shrovetide) festival at the Nikola-Lenivets art park in Nikola-Lenivets village, about 200 kilometers (125 miles) south-west of Moscow, Russia, Saturday, February 29, 2020. Maslenitsa is a traditional Russian holiday marking the end of winter that dates back to the pagan times. (Photo by Dmitry Serebryakov/AP Photo)