In Photos: Love Is in the Air on Russian Valentine's Day

At the Moskvarium center for marine biology and oceanography, some couples traded paper valentines...
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...While others felt the full mermaid fantasy with an underwater date.
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One couple even held their wedding ceremony at the VDNKh ice rink.
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Some celebrated with a costumed ski run at Fili Park...
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...and took in the carnival atmosphere at Luzhniki Stadium's ice rink.
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New couples could break the ice by going skating on the first date.
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The virtual registry office is a Covid-safe way to legalize love.
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Even the Lyublino metro station in Moscow became Vlyublino, which resembles the Russian word for "in love."
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