February 29, 2008. Candidate for russian presidency ,first vice premier of russian goverment Dmitry Medvedev at the meeting in Ekaterinburg with idustrial leaders of Sverdlovsk region
 

February 20, 2008. Former Russian Minister Yevgeny Adamov (r) is Sentenced for 5,5 Years Imprisonment for Stealing $30M. Former Nuclear Power Minister Yevgeny Adamov (pictured), wanted in the United States on charges of stealing millions in U.S. funds aimed at boosting nuclear security in Russia, was convicted Tuesday of fraud and abuse of power. Former Nuclear Power Minister Yevgeny Adamov at Moscow`s Zamoskvoretsky District Court
 

February 14, 2008. A Duch activist Britt Das is doing the impossible, she is walking 10,000 km from Amsterdam to Lhasa. Her mission is to put the word`s focus on Tibet in the one year`s run up to the Beijing Olympics 2008. Britt Das makes a short stop in russian city of Rostov on Don.
 

February 13, 2008. Lyudmila Putina (wife of russian president Putin) attending the conference `Psychologist and Society` in Moscow.
 

February 06, 2008. Ex-Yukos top manager Vasily Aleksanyan (pictured) under trial. Moscow court on Tuesday, February 5, 2008, has suspended the trial of a seriously ill former top manager of Yukos russian oil giant.The court refused to allow Vasily Aleksanyan undergo urgent hospital treatment for Aids and cancer, ruling that he could be treated in jail. Aleksanyan rejects the charges and says he feels he will die in jail.
 

February 04, 2008. A 10 years old schoolboy from Russia`s southern Krasnodar Region has rocked the world of science with his findings in astronomy. Andrey Khlopin is only ten years old but is already listed twice in the Guinness Book of Records. On the picture - Andrei Khlopin with his father Andrey
 

January 21, 2008. Thousands of men and women throughout Russia stripped to their underwear and plunged into the ice-cold water to celebrate Epiphany, one of the most important holidays in the Russian Orthodox Church.To the Orthodox faithful, water blessed by a priest on Epiphany has miraculous powers, a belief that goes back to the baptism of Christ. Kreshcheniye or Baptism is Epiphany`s traditional Russian holiday. Unlike in Western Christianity, where Epiphany commemorates mainly the appearance of the infant Jesus to the visiting Magi, in the East it focuses on the appearance of the Holy Trinity during Christ`s baptism in the River Jordan. Orthodox tradition holds that any water blessed on this day whether it comes from a river, pond or simply a tap or a shower becomes Christ`s baptismal water. This water is said to stay fresh for years, wash out all sins, protect from evil and heal.
 

December 18, 2007. Svetlana Medvedeva ,wife of first vice premier of Russia Dmitri Medvedev at the Charity Bazar in Italian Embassy in Moscow. President Vladimir Putin said Monday, Dec. 10th, that he backed Dmitry Medvedev as the next president of Russia.
 

December 18, 2007. Fidel Castro Jr., Fidel Castro`s oldest son. A nuclear scientist, the man known as `Fidelito`. Fidel Castro Jr. while visiting St.Petersburg , Russia, in October 2007.
 

December 17, 2007. Mayor of Moscow Yuri Luzhkov (centre, navy colour sport suit)playing football as a member of Moscow` goverment soccer team.
 

December 14, 2007. April 24, 1965, Leningrad. Soviet cosmonauts Yuri Gagarin(l) and Alexey Leonov (r) accept congratulations of soviet people as for the first time in history soviet cosmonaut Alexey Leonov was the first man to `walk` in space during his flight in March 18, 1965
 

December 11, 2007. Women`s prison # 6 in Nizhni Tagil of Urals. Women prisoners held in the prison and some of them stay there with treir small kids who live in a separate building under the supervision of nunnies - mothers prisoners are allowed to visit their kids just once a day for 1 hour. On the picture: women prisoners having meal
 

December 11, 2007. A new pro presidential, children`s and early-teen movement Mishki appeared in September and unites children from 8 to 15 years old. On the picture: Members of MISHKI (MISHKI means kid bears) movement with flags and banners celebrating the victory of pro Putin party United Russia in the parliametary elections in Russia. A kid bear is a symbol of MISHKI movement (on their flags)as well as a big bear is a symbol of pro Putin United Russia political party
 

November 13, 2007. Switzerland`s Supreme Court ordered the release Vitaly Kaloyev, a Russian architect, imprisoned since 2004 for killing air traffic controller Peter Nielsen. Kaloyev is seen here arriving at Moscow`s Domodedovo airport.
 

November 07, 2007. `Russian March` - a march of russian ulra-nationalists in central Moscow. Participants of the March.