Riders hold the Russian national flag next to a bronze statue of a Russian soldier in Moscow on August 22, 2016, during celebrations of the National Flag Day. Russia marks the 25th anniversary of the abortive 1991 coup against then Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev. August 22, 1991, when Russia's flag was raised atop the Russian White House instead of the Soviet one was declared as Russia's Flag Day. / AFP PHOTO / VASILY MAXIMOV