Russian President Putin takes a dip in icy waters during celebrations of the Orthodox Christian feast of Epiphany in Moscow Region MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin, dressed in ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin crosses himself as he bathes in an ice-cold water on Epiphany neat St. Nilus Stolobensky Monastery on Lake Seliger in Svetlitsa village, Russia, Friday, Jan. 19, 2018.

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Heavy fuel oil has been washing up on hundreds of kilometers of beaches along Russia’s southern coast since two aging Russian tankers were caught in a storm in the Kerch Strait on Dec. 15. Russians in ...

A man swims in a cross-shaped hole cut into the ice on a lake in Minsk, Belarus, to celebrate the Russian Orthodox holiday of Epiphany Credit: REUTERS An Orthodox Christian woman immerses herself in ...