A woman throws fallen leaves and jumps while posing for a photo at the Bauman garden in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, October 14, 2025. (Photo by Pavel Bednyakov/AP Photo)

A billboard depicting a soldier, with a slogan reading “Contract service. A real man's job”, in St. Petersburg, Russia, 02 June 2023. On 24 February 2022, Russian troops entered Ukrainian territory in what the Russian president declared a “Special Military Operation”, starting an armed conflict. (Photo by Anatoly Maltsev/EPA)

People watch fireworks commemorating the 76th anniversary of the victory in the Great Patriotic War in St. Petersburg, Russia, May 9, 2021. (Photo by Chine Nouvelle/SIPA Press/Rex Features/Shutterstock)

Members of the Loktev Ensemble perform during the opening of the 18th Moscow Meets Friends International Festival at the Moscow International House of Music in Moscow, Russia on May 18, 2021. (Photo by Artyom Geodakyan/TASS)

Russian honour guards wearing protective masks attend the opening ceremony of the 6th International Military Technical Forum “Army 2020” and Army Games in the military Patriot Park outside Moscow on August 23, 2020. (Photo by Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP Photo)

A model showcases a creation during a runway show for the collection by the Crimean designers at the 2020 Crimean Fashion Week on Lake Sasyk in Crimea, Russia on August 22, 2020. (Photo by Sergei Malgavko/TASS)

Enthusiasts participate in the historical re-enactment of the Sevastopol Fortress assault, which took place during the Crimean War of 1853-1856, at a military historical festival in Sevastopol, Crimea, September 5, 2020. (Photo by Alexey Pavlishak/Reuters)

A French Bulldog named Nord Boss stands an the back of his owner Natasha while they skateboard in the Sokolniki Park in Moscow, Russia on October 14, 2020. (Photo by Evgenia Novozhenina/Reuters)