A visitor poses with a replica of the Russian Imperial crown at an exhibition during the 28th St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) in Russia on June 20, 2025.(Photo by Anatoly Maltsev/EPA/EFE)
Participants walk through the venue of the 28th St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) on June 20, 2025. The forum ran from June 18-21.(Photo by Anatoly Maltsev/EPA)
Russian President Vladimir Putin (C) speaks with a decorated officer during a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Moscow on June 22, 2025, marking the Day of Memory and Sorrow, the 84th anniversary of Nazi Germany’s invasion of the Soviet Union.(Photo by Alexander Zemlianichenko/Pool via AFP Photo)
A woman jumps over a fire during a summer solstice festival in the village of Okunevo on June 22, 2025.(Photo by Alexey Malgavko/Reuters)
A Russian Emergency Situations Ministry firefighter battles a wildfire near the village of Atamanovka in eastern Russia’s Zabaikalsky Krai on June 23, 2025.(Photo by AP Photo/Stringer)
The frigate “Rossiya” (Russia), with its signature scarlet sails, sails on the Neva River during a rehearsal for the “Scarlet Sails” graduation celebration in St. Petersburg on June 27, 2025.(Photo by Anatoly Maltsev/EPA)
Spectators watch fireworks and the brig “Rossiya” during the “Scarlet Sails” festival honoring school graduates in St. Petersburg on June 29, 2025.(Photo by Anton Vaganov/Reuters)
Bubbles form on a puddle after a rainfall in central St. Petersburg on June 29, 2025.(Photo by Dmitri Lovetsky/AP Photo)
A woman walks past a temporary shopping pavilion decorated with large sequins in Moscow on July 2, 2025. (Photo by Pavel Bednyakov/AP Photo)
An employee carries a portrait of former Transport Minister Roman Starovoyt during a farewell ceremony in Moscow on July 10, 2025. Starovoyt was fired and later died by suicide on July 7.(Photo by Tatyana Makeyeva/AFP Photo)
Children run through a fountain to cool off on a hot day in St. Petersburg on July 12, 2025.(Photo by Dmitri Lovetsky/AP Photo)
People in costume participate in a Stand Up Paddleboarding (SUP) festival on the Moskva River in Moscow on July 13, 2025.(Photo by Yuri Kochetkov/EPA)
A woman takes a selfie with a wax figure of former U.S. President Donald Trump at a museum in St. Petersburg on July 14, 2025.(Phoot by Dmitri Lovetsky/AP Photo)
A woman walks past laundry drying outdoors on a hot day in St. Petersburg on July 15, 2025.(Photo by Anton Vaganov/Reuters)
Tour guides wait for clients under umbrellas in the rain near Moscow’s Red Square on July 17, 2025.(Photo by Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP Photo)
Police detain an activist outside the State Duma in Moscow on July 22, 2025, before lawmakers passed a bill criminalizing online searches for “extremist” information.(Photo by AP Photo/Stringer)
A girl paints with the Kremlin’s Spasskaya Tower and St. Basil’s Cathedral in the background on July 23, 2025, as Russian and Ukrainian officials prepared for peace talks.(Photo by Alexander Nemenov/AFP Photo)
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a flag-raising ceremony for the new nuclear-powered submarine “Knyaz Pozharsky” in Severodvinsk on July 24, 2025.(Photo by Alexander Kazakov/Pool via AFP Photo)
A worker cleans the gilded star on a WWII monument in St. Petersburg in preparation for Russian Navy Day on July 24, 2025.(Photo by Dmitri Lovetsky/AP Photo)
Children play in a fountain at the VDNKh exhibition center in Moscow at sunset on July 25, 2025.(Photo by Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP Photo)
