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.

September 2012. Vladivostok,Russia. Pictured: The Zelyony Ugol (“Green Corner”)used car market in Vladivostok city of Russia. The Zelyony Ugol car market deals with Japanese second hand cars.

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

June 27,2013. St.Petersburg,Russia. Nuclear Power in the 21st Century Conference. Pictured: Director General of IAEA Yukiya Amano addressed the conference.

Tubercular dispensary.

The Presidential Regiment (or Kremlin Regiment).

Hard rock group `Lordi` in Moscow.

Women`s boxing World Cup

Russian Fashion Week.

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.