Pictured: photo portraits of Ludmila Putina - wife of russian president Putin young and today(r)and her husband Vladimir Putin (l) in a book `Powerful University Graduates`. Russian President Vladimir Putin and his wife Lyudmila announced their divorce on Thursday, June 06,2013 after nearly 30 years of marriage.

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

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 .

Tubercular dispensary.

Belarus Army military exercise.

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.`

Extremal sports `Adrenalin Games Russian Open` in Moscow.

The winner of `Supermodel of the World 2006` contest - Belarussian schoolgirl Ekaterina Domankova(17 years old) at home in Minsk (Belarus).

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