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.

Pictured: April 05,2011.Moscow,Russia. Rosbank CEO Vladimir Golubkov attends 22nd Congress of Russian Banks Association. The head of Societe Generale SA (GLE)’s Russian unit Vladimir Golubkov was detained in a sting operation with cash on his desk after demanding $1.5 million from a company seeking to modify loan terms, Russian police said.

Skating rink on the Red Square in Moscow.

February 26,2013.Moscow,Russia. Chebarkul meteorite is the proposed name for the fragments of the asteroid that entered the atmosphere of Earth and caused the Russian meteor event on February 15, 2013. Pictured: Vernatsky Institut of Geochemistry, Moscow. Chebarkul meteorite fragments found at Chebarkul lake.

Plastic Breast Surgery - Breast Correction.

The Presidential Regiment (or Kremlin Regiment).

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.`

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

Women`s hat parade

Krasnoyarsk krai of Russia. Pictured:The Sayano-Shushensky state biosphere nature reserve. The Western Sayan mountain ridge .