Gallery | In Photos: Russian Women Receive Flowers from...

Gallery | In Photos: Russian Women Receive Flowers from Soldiers, Masked Officers on Women’s Day

Russia has celebrated International Women’s Day since the Soviet era.

But the holiday — which celebrates women’s contributions to society — has inevitably been influenced by the war in Ukraine like much of Russian society.

The result has been images of Russian soldiers and masked security officers handing women flowers to mark the holiday:

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