A pro-Russian activist aims a pistol at supporters of the Kiev government during clashes in the streets of Odessa May 2, 2014. Police said a man was shot dead in clashes between a crowd backing Kiev and pro-Russian activists in the largely Russian-speaking southern port of Odessa, which lies west of Crimea, annexed by Moscow in March. (Photo by Yevgeny Volokin/Reuters)

Members of a newly-formed “Siberian Battalion” within the Ukrainian Armed Forces take part in a military training exercise outside Kyiv on October 24, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. A newly formed “Siberian Battalion” as part of the International Legion within the Ukrainian Armed Forces is made up of Russians who have come to fight against their fellow citizens. They were a varied group-both ethnic Russians with long-standing opposition views and members of minority ethnic groups. (Photo by Genya Savilov/AFP Photo)

Russian model Irina Shayk in the last decade of August 2023 sent fans wild with these shots of her posing topless on rocks. (Photo by irinashayk/Instagram)

Russian model Irina Shayk encourages fans to find their own unicorn in the second decade of April 2022. (Photo by irinashayk/Instagram)

In an observance of Epiphany, Russian Orthodox believers swim in an icy pond outside Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. (Photo by Olga “Zwezdochka”)

Hyperrealism with pencil by Karla Mialynne. Her impressing paintings are mostly created with watercolor pencils, colored markers and acrylic paint.

An artist draws a mural on a wall during a wall painting competition in Amritsar on February 25, 2023. (Photo by Narinder Nanu/AFP Photo)

Russian servicemen stand next to a Russian Yars RS-24 intercontinental ballistic missile system before a rehearsal for the Victory Day parade, with the Moscow International Business Center also known as “Moskva-City” seen in the background, at a range in Moscow, Russia, May 5, 2016. (Photo by Maxim Shemetov/Reuters)