Russians with a taste for a bracing New Year swim braved freezing temperatures to plant traditional festive fir trees on the seabed and at the bottom of a lake on December 31.

• 喜爱在新年神清气爽地游个泳的俄罗斯人冒着刺骨的严寒在12月31日将传统的节日冷杉树种到了海中和湖底。