Ice dancers Tatiana Navka and Peter Tchernyshev perform during Navka's Swan Lake ice show premiered at Megasport Arena, in Moscow, Russia.25.12.2021#6731710
Ice dancer Peter Tchernyshev performs during the Swan Lake ice show premiered at Megasport Arena, in Moscow, Russia.25.12.2021#6731457
Members of winter swimming clubs wearing costumes bathe in an ice hole in the Yugo-Zapadny residential area, in Novosibirsk, Russia.25.12.2021#6731021
A catholic bishop conducts the Christmas Mass at the Church of St. Anna in Yekaterinburg, Russia.24.12.2021#6730995
A candle is lit during the Christmas Mass at the Cathedral of Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in St. Petersburg, Russia.25.12.2021#6730934
The sun sets behind an electric pylon on a bank of the Yenisei River in the Siberian Taiga area, with the air temperature at about minus 26 degrees Celsius (minus 14.8 degrees Fahrenheit), outside Krasnoyarsk, Russia.24.12.2021#6730875
A boat is moored on a snowy bank of the Yenisei River in the Siberian Taiga area, with the air temperature at about minus 26 degrees Celsius (minus 14.8 degrees Fahrenheit), outside Krasnoyarsk, Russia.24.12.2021#6730873
A Catholic priest conducts the Christmas Mass at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception of the Holy Virgin Mary in Yalta, Crimea, Russia.24.12.2021#6730835
A believer take pictured during the Christmas Mass at the Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross in Kazan, Russia's Republic of Tatarstan.24.12.2021#6730820
A believer is seen during the Catholic Christmas celebrations at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception of the Holy Virgin Mary in Moscow, Russia.24.12.2021#6730734
A boy is seen during a worship on Christmas Eve in Catholic Transfiguration cathedral in Novosibirsk, Russia.24.12.2021#6730380
A view shows the Yenisei River during severe frosts, in the Krasnoyarsk region, Russia. On December 24, the air temperature in the Krasnoyarsk region dropped to 36 degrees Celsius below zero.24.12.2021#6730331
Russian National Guard officers dressed as Father Frost pass through the winter "Assault strip" in the Kemerovo region, Russia. The event was held as part of the All-Russian departmental campaign "Father Frost of special purpose". According to a tactical plan, conditional terrorist hares stole magic balls from the Christmas tree and threatened to disrupt the New Year. Under the cover of Santa Claus, schoolchildren, having occupied advantageous firing points, defeated a conditional opponent and returned the magic balls to the Christmas tree.24.12.2021#6729723
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends an annual end-of-year news conference at the Manezh Central Exhibition Hall, in Moscow, Russia.23.12.2021#6728668
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends an annual end-of-year news conference at the Manezh Central Exhibition Hall, in Moscow, Russia.23.12.2021#6728629
A horse grazes, with an air temperature 50 degrees Celsius below zero, in the village of Khatass, Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), Russia.22.12.2021#6728360
A view shows a viewing point at the Urdel Park, with an air temperature 50 degrees Celsius below zero, in Yakutsk, Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), Russia.22.12.2021#6728233
Visitors view an exhibit on display during the Treasures of Tutankhamun's tomb exhibition at a pavilion of the Exhibition of Achievements of National Economy (VDNKh) in Moscow, Russia.22.12.2021#6728092
A view shows the Griboedov Channel decorated for the upcoming New Year and Christmas season, in St. Petersburg, Russia.22.12.2021#6728042
Steam rises behind St. Basil's Cathedral and the Kremlin's Spasskaya Tower in Red Square on a cold winter day in central Moscow, Russia.22.12.2021#6727557
A picture shows the main entrance to Moscow's Gorky Park decorated for the upcoming New Year and Christmas season, in Moscow, Russia.21.12.2021#6727158
The sun shines over the Verkhneye Suzdalskoye Lake on a winter day, in St. Petersburg, Russia.21.12.2021#6726779
A view shows ice-covered Verkhneye Suzdalskoye Lake on a sunny winter day, in St. Petersburg, Russia.21.12.2021#6726775
A man enjoys ice-fishing on the Verkhneye Suzdalskoye Lake on a sunny winter day, in St. Petersburg, Russia.21.12.2021#6726770
A supporter of the Russian Communist Party attends a wreath laying ceremony at Soviet leader Joseph Stalin's grave by the Kremlin Wall marking Stalin's 142nd birth anniversary, in Moscow, Russia.21.12.2021#6726515
A diver wearing a Santa Claus costume swims among the fish before the upcoming New Year and Christmas at the Delfiniya Oceanography and Marine Biology Centre in Novosibirsk, Russia. 21.12.2021#6726486
Supporters of the Russian Communist Party attend a wreath laying ceremony at Soviet leader Joseph Stalin's grave by the Kremlin Wall marking Stalin's 142nd birth anniversary, in Moscow, Russia.21.12.2021#6726479
The Worker and Kolkhoz Woman monument is seen through a festive illumination settled for the upcoming New Year and Christmas season, in Moscow, Russia.20.12.2021#6726273
Residents walk in Akveduk Park decorated for the upcoming New Year and Christmas season, in Moscow, Russia.20.12.2021#6726267
A reflection of mountains is seen in a window of the house near the Rosa Khutor alpine resort outside Sochi, Russia.20.12.2021#6726005
An aerial view shows mountains near the Rosa Khutor alpine resort outside Sochi, Russia.20.12.2021#6725989
A man takes a photo of mountains near the Rosa Khutor alpine resort outside Sochi, Russia.20.12.2021#6725988
In this handout photo released by Russian Space Agency Roscosmos, Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin arrives at a local airport on a helicopter after the landing of the Soyuz MS-20 spacecraft reentry capsule in Jezkazgan, Kazakhstan. The Soyuz MS-20 spacecraft reentry capsule carrying Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin and Japanese space tourists Yusaku Maezawa and Yozo Hirano landed in the steppes southeast of the town of Zhezkazgan at 6.13 am Moscow Time. Editorial use only, no archive, no commercial use.20.12.2021#6725710