The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception of the Holy Virgin Mary is pictured on Christmas Eve, in Moscow, Russia.24.12.2021#6730727
Arina Ushakova and Maxim Nekrasov perform their free dance during the 2022 Russian Figure Skating Championships at the Yubileyny Sports Palace in St. Petersburg, Russia.24.12.2021#6729726
Archbishop Paolo Pezzi, right, during Catholic Christmas celebration at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception of the Holy Virgin Mary, Moscow.24.12.2017#3266062
Medal winners in ice dancing at the Russian Figure Skating Championships in St. Petersburg during the awarding ceremony. Left to right, Alexandra Stepanova and Ivan Bukin - silver medals, Yekaterina Bobrova and Dmitry Solovyov - gold medals and Tiffany Zahorski and Jonathan Guerreiro - bronze medals.24.12.2017#3265599
Members of the Diving club of the Central Sports Club of the Russian Navy celebrate New Year in a swimming pool in Moscow.24.12.2016#3002649
Team of children "Southern penguins" playing hockey against team "Father Frost" (minion, penguin, horse, cow, snowman, bear, Snow Maiden) at the Ice Palace in Simferopol.24.12.2016#3002358
Musicians in Father Frost (Ded Moroz) costumes ride on a "DedMorobus" antique New Year bus on Nevsky Avenue, St. Petersburg.24.12.2015#2765487
Cadets of the Defence Ministry's State Center of Unmanned Aviation during preparations for the launch of the Orlan-10 unmanned aerial vehicle at a training field in the Moscow Region.24.12.2014#2548632
Priests during the Catholic Christmas celebrations in the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul church in Veliky Novgorod. Photo taken with a special filter.24.12.2013#2342348
Participants of an opposition rally "For Fair Election" pass through metal detectors on Sakharov Avenue, Moscow.24.12.2011#1008545
The Proton-M launch vehicle with the Breeze-M upper stage and Ka-SAT telecommunications satellite being delivered to the start site of the Baikonur space center.24.12.2010#831909
Alexei Petukhov won the sprint race at the Russian 'Krasnogorskaya lyzhnya' (Krasnogorsk ski-track) ski competition.24.12.2009#537951
General secretary of the CPSU Central Committee Leonid Brezhnev (left) meeting Politburo and Secretariat member of the Cuban Communist party , President of the Republic of Cuba Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado.24.12.1971#448834
December 24, 2008. From left: First Deputy Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov, President Dmitry Medvedev and State Duma Speaker Boris Gryzlov at a meeting of the Council on the Implementation of Priority National Projects and Demographic Policy at the State Kremlin Palace.24.12.2008#365880
Russia's main Grandfather Frost riding on four-in-hand along Nevsky Avenue. A pre-New Year procession took place in St Petersburg. 24.12.2007#177346