Youth Dive Into Swimming Season, Even Where Prohibited

 

                                                  Women and children swimming and sunbathing at a pond in north Moscow on Tuesday 

 

 

A group of girls sitting near a pond in north Moscow on Tuesday below a sign that reads "Swimming is prohibited." Swimming is not allowed in many of the city's waterways, but residents dive into them in large numbers anyway during summer.

 

 

A woman sunbathing near a pond in north Moscow on Tuesday next to a life preserver with the words "Throw to someone drowning" painted on it.

 

 

                                                                              People sitting near a pond in north Moscow on Tuesday.

 

 

Two boys swimming in a pond in north Moscow on Tuesday. A nearby sign (not pictured) declares, "Swimming is prohibited."                                                                              Boys playing in a pond in north Moscow on Tuesday.