Pictured: photo portraits of Ludmila Putina - wife of russian president Putin young and today(r)and her husband Vladimir Putin (l) in a book `Powerful University Graduates`. Russian President Vladimir Putin and his wife Lyudmila announced their divorce on Thursday, June 06,2013 after nearly 30 years of marriage.

April 08,2013. St.Petersburg,Russia. Pictured: Customs control zone of Turukhtanny customs post of Baltic Customs area. A cargo vessel full of containers leaving the port.

Typical russian village in mid-russia. People of Podporozhye village of Leningrad (St.Petersburg) region.

January 09,2013.St.Petersburg,Russia. Pictured: Steve Jobs Memorial opened in St.Petersburg,Russia.The memorial was opened in the campus of the St. Petersburg National Research University for Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics.

Tubercular dispensary.

Girl`s Cadet School in Moscow - girls-cadets observing Kalashnikov submachine gun

Members of a ultra nationalistic radical Russian Orthodox group speared a poster of pop star Madonna on Monday and demanded a ban on her show, in which she stages a mock crucifixion. The Orthodox Church has urged believers to stay away from the show, in which Madonna sings from a crucifix, wearing a crown of thorns, describing it as `blasphemy.`

Russian heavy weight boxer Nikolay Valuev

The winner of `Supermodel of the World 2006` contest - Belarussian schoolgirl Ekaterina Domankova(17 years old) at home in Minsk (Belarus).

Pskov region of Russia.Pictured:Historical reconstruction of the The Battle of the Ice (also known as the Battle of Lake Peipus) to mark 770 anniversary of the Battle. The Battle of Lake Peipus was a battle between the Republic of Novgorod and the Livonian branch of the Teutonic Knights on April 5, 1242, at Lake Peipus. The battle is notable for having been fought largely on the frozen lake.