Conscripts, including students who returned from the Russian military units after they were demobilised, hold merit certificates while walking near a monument to Soviet state founder Vladimir Lenin after an acknowledgment ceremony in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in the Donetsk region, Russian-controlled Ukraine, November 28, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko 

Conscripts, including students who returned from the Russian military units after they were demobilised, hold merit certificates while walking near a monument to Soviet state founder Vladimir Lenin after an acknowledgment ceremony in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in the Donetsk region, Russian-controlled Ukraine, November 28, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko 

Employees work at the assembly line of the Moscow Automobile Factory Moskvich, after the production of cars under the Soviet-era brand Moskvich at French carmaker Renault's former plant was launched in Moscow, Russia, November 23, 2022. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina 

Employees work at the assembly line of the Moscow Automobile Factory Moskvich, after the production of cars under the Soviet-era brand Moskvich at French carmaker Renault's former plant was launched in Moscow, Russia, November 23, 2022. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina 

Employees work at the assembly line of the Moscow Automobile Factory Moskvich, after the production of cars under the Soviet-era brand Moskvich at French carmaker Renault's former plant was launched in Moscow, Russia, November 23, 2022. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina 

A view shows the car's make logo during a ceremony marking the launch of the production of vehicles under the Soviet-era brand Moskvich at the Moscow Automobile Factory Moskvich in Moscow, Russia, November 23, 2022. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina 

An interior view shows a car under the Soviet-era brand Moskvich during a ceremony marking the launch of the production at the Moscow Automobile Factory Moskvich in Moscow, Russia, November 23, 2022. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina 

A view shows a car under the Soviet-era brand Moskvich during a ceremony marking the launch of the production at the Moscow Automobile Factory Moskvich in Moscow, Russia, November 23, 2022. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina 

A view shows a car under the Soviet-era brand Moskvich during a ceremony marking the launch of the production at the Moscow Automobile Factory Moskvich in Moscow, Russia, November 23, 2022. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina 

Employees gather near cars under the Soviet-era brand Moskvich during a ceremony marking the launch of the production at the Moscow Automobile Factory Moskvich in Moscow, Russia, November 23, 2022. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina 

People sit inside cars at the assembly line of the Moscow Automobile Factory Moskvich, after the production of vehicles under the Soviet-era brand Moskvich at French carmaker Renault's former plant was launched in Moscow, Russia, November 23, 2022. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina 

A view shows a car under the Soviet-era brand Moskvich during a ceremony marking the launch of the production at the Moscow Automobile Factory Moskvich in Moscow, Russia, November 23, 2022. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina 

A view shows the car's make logo during a ceremony marking the launch of the production of vehicles under the Soviet-era brand Moskvich at the Moscow Automobile Factory Moskvich in Moscow, Russia, November 23, 2022. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina 

A view shows cars under the Soviet-era brand Moskvich during a ceremony marking the launch of the production at the Moscow Automobile Factory Moskvich in Moscow, Russia, November 23, 2022. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina 

A view shows a car under the Soviet-era brand Moskvich during a ceremony marking the launch of the production at the Moscow Automobile Factory Moskvich in Moscow, Russia, November 23, 2022. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina 

A view shows the car's make logo during a ceremony marking the launch of the production of vehicles under the Soviet-era brand Moskvich at the Moscow Automobile Factory Moskvich in Moscow, Russia, November 23, 2022. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina 

Participants attend a ceremony marking the launch of the production of cars under the Soviet-era brand Moskvich at the Moscow Automobile Factory Moskvich in Moscow, Russia, November 23, 2022. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina 

A Soviet flag in seen on a pylon of the destroyed Antonivskyi bridge over the Dnipro river after Russia's retreat from Kherson, in Kherson, Ukraine November 14, 2022. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko 

A man walks past a monument to the Soviet tank T-62 in the courtyard of an apartment building in Omsk, Russia November 9, 2022. The sign on the tank reads: "Victory". REUTERS/Alexey Malgavko 

People walk past a monument to the Soviet tank T-62 in the courtyard of an apartment building in Omsk, Russia November 9, 2022. The sign on the tank reads: "Victory". REUTERS/Alexey Malgavko 

Children play near a monument to the Soviet tank T-62 in the courtyard of an apartment building in Omsk, Russia November 9, 2022. REUTERS/Alexey Malgavko TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Members of the State Emergency Service inspect a dismantled monument dedicated to Soviet liberators following a decision by local authorities in Uzhhorod, Ukraine November 9, 2022. REUTERS/Serhii Hudak 

Members of the State Emergency Service inspect a dismantled monument dedicated to Soviet liberators following a decision by local authorities in Uzhhorod, Ukraine November 9, 2022. REUTERS/Serhii Hudak 

Members of the State Emergency Service inspect a dismantled monument dedicated to Soviet liberators following a decision by local authorities in Uzhhorod, Ukraine November 9, 2022. REUTERS/Serhii Hudak 

Screens show video footage of civilians bidding farewell to Soviet and Russian service members during an exhibition marking the anniversary of a historical parade in 1941, when Soviet soldiers marched towards the front lines during World War Two, in Red Square in central Moscow, Russia, November 7, 2022. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina 

Screens show video footage of Soviet and Russian service members during an exhibition marking the anniversary of a historical parade in 1941, when Soviet soldiers marched towards the front lines during World War Two, in Red Square in central Moscow, Russia, November 7, 2022. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina 

Screens show video footage of Soviet and Russian service members during an exhibition marking the anniversary of a historical parade in 1941, when Soviet soldiers marched towards the front lines during World War Two, in Red Square in central Moscow, Russia, November 7, 2022. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina 

Visitors gather in front of screens showing video footage of Soviet and Russian service members during an exhibition marking the anniversary of a historical parade in 1941, when Soviet soldiers marched towards the front lines during World War Two, in Red Square in central Moscow, Russia, November 7, 2022. Signs on a board read: "Moscow. November 7, 1941". REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina 

Retro armoured vehicles are on display near screens showing video footage of Soviet and Russian service members during an exhibition marking the anniversary of a historical parade in 1941, when Soviet soldiers marched towards the front lines during World War Two, in Red Square in central Moscow, Russia, November 7, 2022. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina 

A visitor takes pictures of a Soviet-era airplane during an exhibition marking the anniversary of a historical parade in 1941, when Soviet soldiers marched towards the front lines during World War Two, in Red Square in central Moscow, Russia, November 7, 2022. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina 

A visitor poses for a picture with participants of an exhibition marking the anniversary of a historical parade in 1941, when Soviet soldiers marched towards the front lines during World War Two, in Red Square in central Moscow, Russia, November 7, 2022. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina 

People stand next to a Soviet-era armoured vehicle during an exhibition marking the anniversary of a historical parade in 1941, when Soviet soldiers marched towards the front lines during World War Two, in Red Square in central Moscow, Russia, November 7, 2022. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina 

A visitor poses for a picture with a participant of an exhibition marking the anniversary of a historical parade in 1941, when Soviet soldiers marched towards the front lines during World War Two, in Red Square in central Moscow, Russia, November 7, 2022. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina 

People attend an exhibition marking the anniversary of a historical parade in 1941, when Soviet soldiers marched towards the front lines during World War Two, in Red Square in central Moscow, Russia, November 7, 2022. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina 

People attend an exhibition marking the anniversary of a historical parade in 1941, when Soviet soldiers marched towards the front lines during World War Two, in Red Square in central Moscow, Russia, November 7, 2022. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina 

People attend an exhibition marking the anniversary of a historical parade in 1941, when Soviet soldiers marched towards the front lines during World War Two, in Red Square in central Moscow, Russia, November 7, 2022. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina 

People attend an exhibition marking the anniversary of a historical parade in 1941, when Soviet soldiers marched towards the front lines during World War Two, in Red Square in central Moscow, Russia, November 7, 2022. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina 

People attend an exhibition marking the anniversary of a historical parade in 1941, when Soviet soldiers marched towards the front lines during World War Two, in Red Square in central Moscow, Russia, November 7, 2022. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina 

The monument of Soviet state founder, Vladimir Lenin and the city administration building are seen in the town of Nova Kakhovka, Russian-controlled Ukraine, October 30, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko 

The monument of Soviet state founder, Vladimir Lenin and the city administration building are seen in the town of Nova Kakhovka, Russian-controlled Ukraine, October 30, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko 

A woman reads the names of people who were executed by the Soviet secret police during Joseph Stalin's rule, at a ceremony ahead of a nation-wide remembrance day for the victims of political repression, during a tour at Donskoy cemetery in Moscow, Russia October 28, 2022. REUTERS/Yulia Morozova 

A woman reads the names of people who were executed by the Soviet secret police during Joseph Stalin's rule, at a ceremony ahead of a nation-wide remembrance day for the victims of political repression, during a tour at Donskoy cemetery in Moscow, Russia October 28, 2022. REUTERS/Yulia Morozova 

A fragment of a monument to Soviet World War Two commander Marshal Georgy Zhukov is pictured during a partial solar eclipse in central Moscow, Russia October 25, 2022. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov 

Hryhorii Yanchenko, a Soviet army veteran who fled to Zaporizhzhia from Russian controlled Kherson city, greets service members as he collects donations for the Ukrainian Armed Forces, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine September 29, 2022. REUTERS/Stringer 

Hryhorii Yanchenko, a Soviet army veteran who fled to Zaporizhzhia from Russian controlled Kherson city, poses for a picture with service members as he collects donations for the Ukrainian Armed Forces, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine September 29, 2022. REUTERS/Stringer TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Hryhorii Yanchenko, a Soviet army veteran who fled to Zaporizhzhia from Russian controlled Kherson city, collects donations for the Ukrainian Armed Forces, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine September 29, 2022. REUTERS/Stringer 

Hryhorii Yanchenko, a Soviet army veteran who fled to Zaporizhzhia from Russian controlled Kherson city, collects donations for the Ukrainian Armed Forces, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine September 29, 2022. REUTERS/Stringer 

Hryhorii Yanchenko, a Soviet army veteran who fled to Zaporizhzhia from Russian controlled Kherson city, collects donations for the Ukrainian Armed Forces, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine September 29, 2022. REUTERS/Stringer 

Impersonators of Soviet leaders Vladimir Lenin and Josef Stalin speak in a square in central Moscow, Russia September 21, 2022. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina 

People walk across Red Square near the Mausoleum of Soviet state founder Vladimir Lenin and the Kremlin Wall in central Moscow, Russia September 21, 2022. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina 

Members of the rocket modelling competition sit next to a Soviet S-75 anti-aircraft rocket set in the courtyard of the International Space School in the town of Baikonur, Kazakhstan, September 17, 2022. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov 

Nobel Peace Prize awarded journalist Dmitry Muratov carries a portrait of former Soviet Union President Mikhail Gorbachev during his funeral at Novodevichy Cemetery in Moscow, Russia September 3, 2022. Alexander Zemlianichenko/Pool via REUTERS 

Nobel Peace Prize awarded journalist Dmitry Muratov carries a portrait of former Soviet Union President Mikhail Gorbachev during his funeral at Novodevichy Cemetery in Moscow, Russia September 3, 2022. Alexander Zemlianichenko/Pool via REUTERS 

People react during former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev’s funeral at Novodevichy Cemetery in Moscow, Russia September 3, 2022. Alexander Zemlianichenko/Pool via REUTERS 

A man holds a portrait of former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev during his funeral at Novodevichy Cemetery in Moscow, Russia September 3, 2022. Alexander Zemlianichenko/Pool via REUTERS 

People lay flowers to the grave of former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev during his funeral at Novodevichy Cemetery in Moscow, Russia September 3, 2022. Alexander Zemlianichenko/Pool via REUTERS 

People lay flowers to the grave of former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev during his funeral at Novodevichy Cemetery in Moscow, Russia September 3, 2022. Alexander Zemlianichenko/Pool via REUTERS 

Irina Virganskaya, daughter of former Soviet Union President Mikhail Gorbachev, is presented with the flag during her father's funeral at Novodevichy Cemetery in Moscow, Russia September 3, 2022. Alexander Zemlianichenko/Pool via REUTERS 

Honour guard members remove a Russian flag from the coffin of former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev during his funeral at Novodevichy Cemetery in Moscow Russia September 3, 2022. Alexander Zemlianichenko/Pool via REUTERS