October 29, 2007. October 29, 2007, Moscow. Serial killer Alexander Pichushkin (so called Bitsa park Maniac )was convicted of 48 murders in the Moscow City Court, he will likely spend the rest of his life behind prison bars. On the picture : Pichushkin listening to the verdict
 

October 12, 2007. Russia, Moscow. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows new books ready to be deliverd from the book storage for distribution in book stores in Moscow and russian regions. The beginning of the new book about Harry Potter is scheduled for 13th of October 2007.
 

October 11, 2007. Fidel Castro Jr., Cuban leader Fidel Castro`s oldest son. A nuclear scientist, the man known as `Fidelito`. Fidel Castro Jr.(l) while visiting St.Petersburg , Russia, in October 2007. Fidel Castro Jr.at the meeting with students of St.Petersburg.
 

October 10, 2007. October 9, 2007. Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder `s wife Doris Schroeder-Kepf at the opening of the International festival of school libraries BibliObraz 2007 at Moscow`s Manezh.
 

October 08, 2007. Pro Kremlin Youth movement Nashi with flags and portraits celebrating Vladimir Putin`s 55th birthday on Sunday , October 7th, in Moscow. Nashi placed more than 1,000 Russian flags on Moscow`s tallest buildings, including Moscow State University and the Ukraina hotel, and made a giant birthday card for well-wishers to sign. Nashi also ordered prayers for Putin`s health at all major churches in Moscow.
 

October 08, 2007. A rally to commemorate Novaya Gazeta reporter Anna Politkovskaya`s death held in cetral of St.Petersburg . A woman holding up a photo of Politkovskaya . Many russian people came to honor the journalist one year after her murder.
 

September 05, 2007. French urban climber Alain Robert scaled the 242-meter Federation Tower (one of the highest building in Europe) in the Moskva-City business district. The smooth glass facade of the Federation Tower is too slippery to grip onto but anyway it took Robert just about an hour to reach the top of the Tower.
 

August 13, 2007. 32-year old maniac Alexander Pichushkin at the preliminary hearings in Moscow City Court. Pichushkin known as `Bittsa maniac` who is a suspected Russian serial killer believed to kill about 60 people in Bittsa park of Moscow.
 

August 10, 2007. Moscow hosts World Cyber Games 2007. Participants of final stage of Russian Contest of World Cyber Games 2007.
 

July 30, 2007. First Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev at the press conference in Moscow.
 

July 27, 2007. Barmen`s contest in Kaliningrad - Russia. Bar tender making drinks.
 

May 11, 2007. Netherlands, Nijmegen. International Week at tango school `El Corte`.(On the photo) The milonga has just started and there are only few couples on the dancing floor. All the other tangeros are resting after workshops, getting ready for the evening. The experienced DJ (the so-called “TJ”- tango dj) creates the atmosphere and mood of the milonga by the change of different jenres of Argentinean tango, usually played in tandas (sets of tracks in the same style or of the same orchestra): tango itself alternates with milonga (quicker playful tango) and tango-valse; traditional music is then changed by tango nuevo, neo or electrotango. The light plays an important role as well – brightness, red color tints – are in the possession thanks to the specially-designed lighting equipment. ` The argentine tango school “El Corte” will celebrate its 20th anniversary in February 2008. The idea behind El Corte is that the best way of learning tango is to dance it. Therefore el corte organized – next to a lot of teaching – salons, practice nights, workshops, concerts, films and lectures. Salons (milongas) can go on 3 hours or longer (the New Year Maraphon goes on non-stop for 28 hours and some more as a brunch salon), some of the monthly milongas have free entrance. The amount of the so-called “friends-of-el-corte” exceed 1000 people from over the world, about 400 of them are regulars coming several times a year to this unique tango house. But as the number of participants is always limited (100-250) there is easy to get to many events. On some occasions 25-40 people are allowed to stay overnight with a sleeping bag for modest money which makes the atmosphere of the salon even more special. The organizers avoid advertisement and extra publicity as there are already too many eager to spend their best time there. To fit in the space you need to share something special which unites all “el cortians”. 20040705
 

December 27, 2006. Skating rink on the Red Square in Moscow.
 

October 24, 2006. Autumn hunting season is opened in Leningrad region.
 

October 13, 2006. The winner of the Noble Prize in Literature in 2006 - Turkish writer Orkhan Pamuk.