People cool off in a fountain on a hot day in St. Petersburg, Russia, July 25, 2025, with a statue of Soviet Union founder Vladimir Lenin in the background.(Photo by Dmitri Lovetsky/AP Photo)
A woman rests by a fountain to escape the heat in St. Petersburg, Russia, July 25, 2025.(Photo by Dmitri Lovetsky/AP Photo)
A man in a sailor’s cap and striped vest takes a selfie in front of a warship during Russia’s Navy Day celebrations in Kronstadt, outside St. Petersburg, July 27, 2025.(Photo by Anton Vaganov/Reuters)
A woman walks down a street on a hot summer day in Moscow, Russia, July 29, 2025, as temperatures in the region reached 31 degrees Celsius (88 Fahrenheit).(Photo by Yuri Kochetkov/EPA)
Tsunami waves flood Severo-Kurilsk, Russia, on July 30, 2025, after a powerful magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck off the coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula. (Video still).(Photo by Kamchatka branch of the Geophysical Survey of the Russian Academy of Sciences/Handout via Reuters)
Steller sea lions swim as a tsunami approaches the shore of Antsiferov Island in the northern Kuril Islands, Russia, July 30, 2025.(Photo by Nikita Sinchinov/AP Photo)
Circus performers prepare for the Karandash-Fest street festival in Staritsa, Russia, August 2, 2025.(Photo by Pavel Bednyakov/AP Photo)
A circus performer prepares for Karandash-Fest, a street circus festival in Staritsa, Russia, August 2, 2025.(Photo by Pavel Bednyakov/AP Photo)
Performers march during the Karandash-Fest street circus festival, held in memory of famous Soviet clown Mikhail Rumyantsev (stage name Karandash), in Staritsa, Russia, August 2, 2025.(Photo by Evgenia Novozhenina/Reuters)
People navigate their stand-up paddleboards (SUP) in the rain along the Moyka River during the annual costumed “Fontanka” SUP festival, which attracted over 10,000 participants, in St. Petersburg, Russia, August 2, 2025.(Photo by Dmitri Lovetsky/AP Photo)
Defendants accused in the Crocus City Hall terrorist attack case attend a hearing at the Second Western District Military Court in Moscow, Russia, August 4, 2025.(Photo by Alexander Nemenov/AFP Photo)
The full moon is visible behind the flame of a gas torch atop a Rostral Column in St. Petersburg, Russia, August 9, 2025.(Photo by Dmitri Lovetsky/AP Photo)
A street performer dances for money in central St. Petersburg, Russia, August 11, 2025.(Photo by Dmitri Lovetsky/AP Photo)
Members of the Kazakhstan Armed Forces’ Central Military Band perform during the opening of the International Military Music Festival “Spasskaya Tower” on Red Square in Moscow, Russia, August 21, 2025.(Photo by Yuri Kochetkov/EPA)
A girl runs beneath a giant Russian national flag held by volunteers during National Flag Day celebrations in St. Petersburg, Russia, August 22, 2025.(Photo by Dmitri Lovetsky/AP Photo)
Russian cadets and volunteers release balloons in the colors of the national flag during National Flag Day celebrations at Poklonnaya Hill in Moscow, Russia, August 22, 2025.(Photo by Sergei Ilnitsky/EPA)
Members of the Suvorov Cadet Band perform during the International Military Music Festival “Spasskaya Tower” in Moscow, Russia, August 26, 2025.(Photo by Yuri Kochetkov/EPA)
A Corgi and a West Highland Terrier participate in a dog costume parade at the VDNKh exhibition center in Moscow, Russia, August 30, 2025.(Photo by Evgenia Novozhenina/Reuters)
Students listen to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s address on the first day of the new school year in Moscow, Russia, September 1, 2025.(Photo by Alexander Nemenov/AFP Photo)
A squirrel begs for food from a person on a scooter in a Moscow park, Russia, September 2, 2025.(Photo by Alexander Nemenov/AFP Photo)
