A handout photograph taken and released by the Moscow transport department shows female train drivers posing for a picture at a train depot in Moscow on January 1, 2021. - The Moscow metro said on January 3, 2021 it had hired female drivers for the first time in its recent history, following recent changes in controversial Russian legislation prohibiting women from many professions. The ban on access for women to many professions was widely criticised and a labour ministry decree in September last year cut the number of exclusively male professions from 456 to around 100. (Photo by Handout / Moscow transport department / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / HANDOUT / MOSCOW TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT" - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

(COMBO) This combination of handout pictures created and released by the Moscow transport department on January 1, 2021 shows female train drivers posing for a picture inside the cab of a train at a depot in Moscow. - The Moscow metro said on January 3, 2021 it had hired female drivers for the first time in its recent history, following recent changes in controversial Russian legislation prohibiting women from many professions. The ban on access for women to many professions was widely criticised and a labour ministry decree in September last year cut the number of exclusively male professions from 456 to around 100. (Photo by Handout / Moscow transport department / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / HANDOUT / MOSCOW TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT" - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS