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.

April 08,2013. St.Petersburg,Russia. Pictured: Customs control zone of Turukhtanny customs post of Baltic Customs area. A cargo vessel full of containers leaving the port.

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

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.

Tubercular dispensary.

Military Academy in Moscow (so called Kremlin academy). Cadets at physical training for endurance (boxes full of stones)

Hard rock group `Lordi` in Moscow.

Famous american boxer Mike Tyson visited Moscow

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.