June 12,2013. Moscow,Russia. Russian protest leader Alexei Navalny was sentenced in Kirov to five years in jail for theft on Thursday,July 18, it is an unexpectedly tough punishment which his supporters said proved President Vladimir Putin was a dictator ruling by repression. Pictured: Anti-Putin rally in Moscow. One of the leaders of Russian opposition Alexei Navalny with his wife Julia (L) participating in the rally.

Moscow,Russia. Co-working - modern way of running business. A woman having space in the co-working office.

Women`s running competition on spike heel shoes in St.Petersburg.

June 17,2013. St.Petersburg,Russia. Pictured: Japanese Chemist Akira Yoshino (吉野 彰)at the press conference. Asahi Kasei Fellow Dr. Akira Yoshino has been chosen for the 2013 Global Energy Prize in recognition of “his ground-breaking work in the development of the lithium-ion rechargeable battery, the beating heart of mobile electronic devices, electric vehicles and hybrid electric vehicles.”

Tubercular dispensary.

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

Roger Waters (Pink Floyd)in Moscow.

Russia hosts Argentina in Davis Cup final in Moscow. Marat Safin (l) and David Nalbandian with Davis Cup prior the drawing.

Russian Fashion Week.

Pictured: Aurora over Murmansk city of Russia. An aurora is a natural light display in the sky particularly in the high latitude (Arctic and Antarctic) regions, caused by the collision of energetic charged particles with atoms in the high altitude atmosphere (thermosphere).