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.

January 29,2013. Moscow,Russia. Pictured: First capsule hotel Sleepbox Hotel Tverskya with fifty windowless pods opens in central Moscow.

Religious ceremony on the Day of Slavonic Culture in Moscow

June 26,2013. St.Petersburg,Russia. ATOMEXPO 2013 International Industry Forum for nuclear energy. Pictured: the stand of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI). Model of Iranian Bushehr nuclear power plant (c).

Tubercular dispensary.

Reconstruction of the battle of lake Peipus.

Hard rock group `Lordi` in Moscow.

Bubble Baba (Babe)Challenge fun swimming competition between men near St.Petersburg. During this competition men are floating down the river with a bubble (inflatable rubber)woman in order to come first to the finish to be the winner of this funny competition.

Russian Fashion Week.

Nadymsky region of Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug,Russia.The Nentsy (also known as the Yurak) are one of five Samoyedic peoples, which also include the Entsy (Yenisei), Nganasany (Tavgi), Sel`kupy, and Kamas. Although many aspects of their lives have changed, the Nentsy still rely on their traditional way of life,which is hunting, reindeer herding, and fishing. Pictured: daily life of the nentsy.