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.

December 21,2012. Aviant State Aviation Plant in Kiev,Ukraine. Kiev Aviation Plant is producing ANTONOV airplanes. Pictured: fuselage of Antonov An-70 military transport aircraft.

Indian student was killed in St.Petersburg.A group of youngsters stabbed an Indian medical student to death in St. Petersburg. Nitesh Kumar Singh, 27 , (on the photo held by his friends) was possibly killed by a group of russian nationalists .

November 06,2012. Pictured: Stephen Elop, the chief executive officer of Nokia Corporation presents smartphone Nokia Lumia 920 in Moscow,Russia.

At the Maternity Hospital in St.Petersburg

The Presidential Regiment (or Kremlin Regiment).

Chuck Berry - one of rock & roll`s great lyricists.Concert in Moscow.

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

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

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.