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A maintenance worker washes the facade of a residential building on Moscow's Kotelnicheskaya embankment.
AP
Russian soldiers sleep at a military vehicle before a rehearsal for the military parade at Dvortsovaya (Palace) Square in St.Petersburg,
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Participants of the rally of lonely women at a Hyde Park in the Gorky Central Park of Culture and Leisure in Moscow.
REUTERS / Sergei Karpukhin
People take pictures of themselves during the Dreamflash festival at the All-Russian Exhibition Centre in Moscow. Dreamflash is an annual youth carnival celebrated by participants with a soap-bubble themed parade on the streets of Moscow, according to the organisers.
AP Photo / Anatoly Maltsev
Russian President Vladimir Putin, speaks during the opening ceremony of the new stage of Mariinsky Theatre in St Petersburg.
AP Photo / Armando Franca
Russia's Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova casts a shadow while serving to Switzerland's Romina Oprandi during their Portugal Open semifinal tennis match in Oeiras, outside Lisbon. Pavlyuchenkova defeated Oprandi 0-6, 6-3, 6-1.
RIA Novosti / Alexey Filippov
A racing cyclist during the Five Rings of Moscow cycle race.
Vitaliy Ankov / RIA Novosti
Commander of the French Maritime Forces in the Pacific Rear Admiral Anne Cullere (right) at the ceremony of welcome of the French Navy frigate Vendemiaire at Vladivostok seaport.
Reuters
Military jets fly over an Orthodox Christian church during a rehearsal for the Victory Day parade in Moscow. Russia marks victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two every year on May 9.
Igor Rustak / RIA Novosti
Fishermen unloading the smelt catch from the net into the boat during a fishing season on the Volkhov river in Leningrad oblast.
REUTERS / Sergei Karpukhin
Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) and Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron speak to media after their meeting at the Bocharov Ruchei state residence in Sochi.
AP
People enjoy the warm weather, near a fountain outside the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia. Temperatures reached 30 Celsius (86 Fahrenheit), which is record high for May 13.
ITAR-TASS
Passenger traveling in one of the Watercolor train cars containing a new exhibit from the Ryazan I.P. Pozhalostin State Regional Art Museum's collection.
Reuters
Russian conscripts, wearing military uniforms, gather at a local railway station before their departure in Stavropol. The conscripts will serve in Moscow in the Kremlin regiment, also known as Presidential regiment, which is part of the Federal Guard Service.
