A model demonstrates a creation by Russian brand AP Design on a runway of the Moscow Fashion Week in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, March 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)

People walk in a street on a sunny day in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)

Snowdrops bloom at the Moscow State University Botanical Garden in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)

A Belarusian border guard inspects a road from Belarusian border checkpoint Novaya Guta to Ukrainian border checkpoint Novy Yarylovychi in Gomel region, Belarus, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko casts his ballot at a polling site during voting in presidential elections in Minsk, Belarus, Sunday, Jan. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)

Men exit a pond after plunging themselves in icy waters to celebrate the Orthodox Epiphany at the Izmailovsky Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)

People attend a tour at the Bunker-703, a recently declassified nuclear-resistant bomb shelter built in 1961 at a depth of 43 meters (141 feet) for the Soviet Foreign Affairs Ministry archive, in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, Dec. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)

People ride a chain carousel at the Red Square Christmas Fair in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)

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A demonstrator holds a gas canister during a protest against the government's decision to suspend negotiations on joining the European Union, in Tbilisi, Georgia, early Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)

Police block a street during a protest against the governments' decision to suspend negotiations on joining the European Union in Tbilisi, Georgia, early Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)

Demonstrators launch firecracker into the parliament's building during a rally to protest against the government's decision to suspend negotiations on joining the European Union, in Tbilisi, Georgia, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)

Police block demonstrators during a rally outside the parliament to protest the government's decision to suspend negotiations on joining the European Union in Tbilisi, Georgia, on Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)

Police block demonstrators outside the parliament during a rally to protest against the government's decision to suspend negotiations on joining the European Union in Tbilisi, Georgia, Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)

A Russian Railways double-decker trains are seen parked on the rails of the Kazansky railway line in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)