Fireworks illuminate the sky over The Motherland Calls monument during the Victory Day celebrations marking the 81st anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, in Volgograd, Russia.09.05.2026#9161903
Russian servicemen take part in a military parade on Victory Day, marking the 81st anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, in Red Square, in Moscow, Russia.09.05.2026#9161297
Russia's Su-25 jet aircraft release smoke in the colours of the Russian state flag during a rehearsal for a military parade marking the 81st anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, in central Moscow, Russia.06.05.2026#9158392
Russian servicemen take part in a military parade on Victory Day, marking the 81st anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, in Red Square, in Moscow, Russia.09.05.2026#9161054
Russian President Vladimir Putin greets World War II veterans Semen Lyulko and Nina Danilkovich before a military parade on Victory Day, marking the 81st anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, in Red Square, in Moscow, Russia.09.05.2026#9161684
World War II veteran Ivan Olenin, 101, receives congratulations ahead of Victory Day, marking the 81st anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, in Lugansk, Lugansk People's Republic, Russia. Ivan Fyodorovich was conscripted into the Red Army in October 1943. He served as a squad commander in the 112th Separate Reconnaissance Artillery Battalion. Olenin took part in the liberation of Poland and the assault on Berlin. He was awarded the Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd Class, and the Order of the Red Star, as well as the medals For Combat Merit, For the Liberation of Warsaw, For the Capture of Berlin, and For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945.07.05.2026#9159142
Russian Defence Minister Andrei Belousov takes part in a military parade on Victory Day, marking the 81st anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, in Red Square, in Moscow, Russia.09.05.2026#9160774
Russian President Vladimir Putin and foreign officials attend a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier by the Kremlin wall on the Victory Day, marking the 81st anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, in Moscow, Russia.09.05.2026#9160986
Children attend the Immortal Regiment march as part of celebrations of the Victory Day, marking the 81st anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia.09.05.2026#9160331
Russian servicemen of a 2S7 Pion self-propelled howitzer crew of the 273rd Artillery Brigade of the Zapad (West) Group of Forces take part in the Immortal Regiment event as part of the upcoming Victory Day celebrations marking the 81st anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, at a position in the Kharkiv sector of the front line amid Russia's military operation in Ukraine.02.05.2026#9157481
Agafia Lykova, a hermit from the Old Believer family, stands near her home in a forested area of the Abakan Range in the Republic of Khakassia, Russia. The Lykov family of Old Believers moved to the Sayan Mountains taiga in the late 1930s, lived in isolation and were discovered by Soviet geologists in 1978. Agafia Lykova is now the only surviving member of the family.31.05.2026#9177577
Agafia Lykova, a hermit from the Old Believer family, is seen at her home in a forested area of the Abakan Range in the Republic of Khakassia, Russia. The Lykov family of Old Believers moved to the Sayan Mountains taiga in the late 1930s, lived in isolation and were discovered by Soviet geologists in 1978. Agafia Lykova is now the only surviving member of the family.31.05.2026#9177576
Agafia Lykova, a hermit from the Old Believer family, is seen at her home in a forested area of the Abakan Range in the Republic of Khakassia, Russia. The Lykov family of Old Believers moved to the Sayan Mountains taiga in the late 1930s, lived in isolation and were discovered by Soviet geologists in 1978. Agafia Lykova is now the only surviving member of the family.31.05.2026#9177575
Agafia Lykova, a hermit from the Old Believer family, is seen at her home in a forested area of the Abakan Range in the Republic of Khakassia, Russia. The Lykov family of Old Believers moved to the Sayan Mountains taiga in the late 1930s, lived in isolation and were discovered by Soviet geologists in 1978. Agafia Lykova is now the only surviving member of the family.31.05.2026#9177574
Agafia Lykova, a hermit from the Old Believer family, stands near her home in a forested area of the Abakan Range in the Republic of Khakassia, Russia. The Lykov family of Old Believers moved to the Sayan Mountains taiga in the late 1930s, lived in isolation and were discovered by Soviet geologists in 1978. Agafia Lykova is now the only surviving member of the family.31.05.2026#9177573
A view shows the home of Agafia Lykova, a hermit from the Old Believer family, in a forested area of the Abakan Range in the Republic of Khakassia, Russia. The Lykov family of Old Believers moved to the Sayan Mountains taiga in the late 1930s, lived in isolation and were discovered by Soviet geologists in 1978. Agafia Lykova is now the only surviving member of the family.31.05.2026#9177571
Agafia Lykova, a hermit from the Old Believer family, and Ali Uzdenov, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the "Irbis" Association, stand near her home in a forested area of the Abakan Range in the Republic of Khakassia, Russia. The Lykov family of Old Believers moved to the Sayan Mountains taiga in the late 1930s, lived in isolation and were discovered by Soviet geologists in 1978. Agafia Lykova is now the only surviving member of the family.31.05.2026#9177570
Agafia Lykova, a hermit from the Old Believer family, stands near her home in a forested area of the Abakan Range in the Republic of Khakassia, Russia. The Lykov family of Old Believers moved to the Sayan Mountains taiga in the late 1930s, lived in isolation and were discovered by Soviet geologists in 1978. Agafia Lykova is now the only surviving member of the family.31.05.2026#9177568
Agafia Lykova, a hermit from the Old Believer family, stands near her home in a forested area of the Abakan Range in the Republic of Khakassia, Russia. The Lykov family of Old Believers moved to the Sayan Mountains taiga in the late 1930s, lived in isolation and were discovered by Soviet geologists in 1978. Agafia Lykova is now the only surviving member of the family.31.05.2026#9177567
Agafia Lykova, a hermit from the Old Believer family, and Ali Uzdenov, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the "Irbis" Association, stand near her home in a forested area of the Abakan Range in the Republic of Khakassia, Russia. The Lykov family of Old Believers moved to the Sayan Mountains taiga in the late 1930s, lived in isolation and were discovered by Soviet geologists in 1978. Agafia Lykova is now the only surviving member of the family.31.05.2026#9177566
Agafia Lykova, a hermit from the Old Believer family, is seen at her home in a forested area of the Abakan Range in the Republic of Khakassia, Russia. The Lykov family of Old Believers moved to the Sayan Mountains taiga in the late 1930s, lived in isolation and were discovered by Soviet geologists in 1978. Agafia Lykova is now the only surviving member of the family.31.05.2026#9177565
Agafia Lykova, a hermit from the Old Believer family, stands near her home in a forested area of the Abakan Range in the Republic of Khakassia, Russia. The Lykov family of Old Believers moved to the Sayan Mountains taiga in the late 1930s, lived in isolation and were discovered by Soviet geologists in 1978. Agafia Lykova is now the only surviving member of the family.31.05.2026#9177564
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Presidential Commissioner for Children's Rights Maria Lvova-Belova, left, at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia.01.06.2026#9178135
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Presidential Commissioner for Children's Rights Maria Lvova-Belova at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia.01.06.2026#9178144
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Presidential Commissioner for Children's Rights Maria Lvova-Belova, left, at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia.01.06.2026#9178145
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Presidential Commissioner for Children's Rights Maria Lvova-Belova at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia.01.06.2026#9178136
Presidential Commissioner for Children's Rights Maria Lvova-Belova attends a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia.01.06.2026#9178142
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a ceremony to present state decorations to parents of large families on International Children's Day in the Catherine Hall of the Kremlin, in Moscow, Russia.01.06.2026#9178065
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a ceremony to present state decorations to parents of large families on International Children's Day in the Catherine Hall of the Kremlin, in Moscow, Russia.01.06.2026#9178067
Russian President Vladimir Putin awards housewife Burliyat Majidova, a mother of many children, with the Mother Heroine honorary title, during a ceremony to present state decorations to parents of large families on International Children's Day in the Catherine Hall of the Kremlin, in Moscow, Russia.01.06.2026#9178159
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a ceremony to present state decorations to parents of large families on International Children's Day in the Catherine Hall of the Kremlin, in Moscow, Russia.01.06.2026#9178113
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a ceremony to present state decorations to parents of large families on International Children's Day in the Catherine Hall of the Kremlin, in Moscow, Russia.01.06.2026#9178160
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a ceremony to present state decorations to parents of large families on International Children's Day in the Catherine Hall of the Kremlin, in Moscow, Russia.01.06.2026#9178075
Housewife Isabelle Beatrice Margaret Laroche-Sorlin, awarded with the Mother Heroine title, centre left, her husband Project manager of the Tsargrad charitable foundation for the support of social and cultural projects Fabrice Emmanuel Gilbert Sorlin and their children attend a ceremony to present state decorations to parents of large families on International Children's Day in the Catherine Hall of the Kremlin, in Moscow, Russia.01.06.2026#9178115
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a ceremony to present state decorations to parents of large families on International Children's Day in the Catherine Hall of the Kremlin, in Moscow, Russia.01.06.2026#9178072
Participants attend a meeting of the United Russia's General Council in Moscow, Russia.01.06.2026#9178081
