August 11, 2008. Members of `Young Russia` movement organised a protest rally near the Gorgian Embassy in Moscow. They express their support for South Ossetia and called Georgia to stop the war.
 

August 06, 2008. Funeral for Alexander Solzhenitsyn in Moscow. The funeral for Alexander Solzhenitsyn took place in Moscow, August 6th, 2008 on the territory of Donskoy Monastery cemetery.
 

August 05, 2008. Farewell ceremony with Alexander Solzhenitsyn in Moscow. The funeral for Alexander Solzhenitsyn will take place in Moscow, August 6th, 2008 on the territory of Donskoy Monastery. Pictured: coffin with Alexander Solzhenitsyn
 

August 04, 2008. Russian writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn, who exposed Stalin`s prison system in his novels and spent 20 years in exile, has died in Moscow at the age of 89. Pictured: Alexander Solzhenitsyn at home in Troitse-Lykovo near Moscow
 

July 23, 2008. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez visits Moscow. Pictured : Hugo Chavez at the meeting with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in Moscow. During his visit Hugo Chavez has called for a strategic alliance with Russia to protect Venezuela from the US. Mr. Chavez stressed that oil and military cooperation between Russian and Venezuela are vital to guarantee Venezuela`s sovereignty
 

July 22, 2008. German Chancellor Angela Merkel visits Ukraine. Merkel reassured Ukraine that it will eventually join NATO, and said no countries should influence its decision. Pictured: Angela Merkel with Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko at the meeting in Kiev
 

July 18, 2008. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev attends the session of the State Council of Russia in the city of Petrozavodsk, Karelia .
 

July 07, 2008. 2008 G8 summit in Toyako, Hokkaido, Japan . Police officer in Press centre of the 2008 Summit
 

July 01, 2008. GUAM Organization for Democracy and Economic Development (Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Moldova) Summit in Batumi of Georgia. GUAM is political, economic and strategic alliance founded in 1996 to strengthen the independence and sovereignty of Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan and Moldova. Pictured: President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev (c) , Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili (r) and Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko (l) in Batumi
 

July 01, 2008. EU-Russia summit in Khanty Mansiisk. EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana at the EU-Russia summit in Khanty Mansiisk
 

July 01, 2008. Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko visits Republic of Azerbaijan. Pictured: Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko (r) at the meeting with Azeri President Ilham Aliyev (l)
 

June 27, 2008. EU-Russia summit in Khanty Mansiisk. Street billboard in the centre of Siberian town of Khanty Mansiisk presenting the EU-Russia summit with the slogan : `RUSSIA-EU THE PULSE OF COOPERATION`
 

June 25, 2008. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Armenian President Serge Sargsyan (l) meeting in the Kremlin. June 24, 2008.
 

June 24, 2008. President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko and President of Russia Dmirty Medvedev (r) visit Brest Fortress . Brest Fortress in Brest, Belarus, formerly known as Brest-Litovsk Fortress (the Polish name of the city was Brześć Litewski), is one of the most important Soviet World War II war monuments commemorating Soviet resistance against the German invasion on June 22, 1941
 

June 23, 2008. President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev at the meeting with students of St.Petersburg`s State University. Young russian students welcome President Medvedev