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.

General manager of SAP company Peter Maier in Moscow,Russia.

Belarussian invalids on wheeled chairs at the physical training in summer camp in Borisov town near Minsk.

Russia, Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Tyumen Oblast. The Yuzhno-Russkoye oil and gas field. The Yuzhno-Russkoye field is a Russian oil and gas field located in the Krasnoselkupsky District, Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Tyumen Oblast. The proven gas reserves of Yuzhno-Russkoye are 805.3 bcm (billion cubic meters) and estimated reserves are more than 1000 bcm of natural gas.The planned capacity of Yuzhno-Russkoye field is about 25 bcm of gas per year. Currently there are 26 gas wells in operation producing 15 million cubic meters of natural gas per day. It is designated to become the main natural gas supply for the Nord Stream pipeline. Pictured: gas holes hub .

At the Maternity Hospital in St.Petersburg

Belarus Army military exercise.

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.

Fashion show for children by russian designer Masha Tsigal.

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).