October 25, 2012. Boxer Vitali Klitschko, as politician, is a serious challenger at parliamentary elections in Ukraine. The UDAR Party leader Vitali Klitschko calls on Ukrainians `not to turn a blind eye` to election fraud. Pictured: October 18,2012.Ivano-Frankovsk region of Ukraine. The UDAR Party leader Vitali Klitschko at the meeting with his party supporters in Ivano-Frankovsk region of Ukraine.
 

October 24, 2012. October 18,2012. Bucharest,Romania. Pictured: European People`s Party (EPP) President Wilfried Martens reading the Statement of Yulia Tymoshenko to the EPP Congress .
 

October 24, 2012. October 22,2012. Novo-Ogarevo,Moscow region of Russia. Pictured: Russia`s President Vladimir Putin (r) welcomes Ukraine`s President Viktor Yanukovych (l)in Novo-Ogarevo residence of Russian President to discuss important issues of interstate relations.
 

October 18, 2012. October 16,2012.Minsk,Belarus. Belarus President`s press conference for Russian mass media. Pictured: emotional speech of President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko addressing Russian journalists.
 

October 12, 2012. Pictured: October 10,2012.Moscow,Russia. The Moscow City Court considered an appeal against the conviction of three members of the Russian feminist punk band Pussy Riot on October 10, 2012. l-r Pussy riot members Ekaterina Samutsevich ,Maria Alekhina , Nadezhda Tolokonnikova in The Moscow City Court. Russia`s punk band Pussy Riot sentenced to two years in prison for hooliganism. The three members of girl punk band Pussy Riot are facing charges of hooliganism for performing a punk song in Moscow’s Christ the Savior Cathedral earlier this year.
 

October 11, 2012. October 10,2012.St.Petersburg,Russia. Pictured: Russia`s Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev when opening new highway in St.Petersburg.
 

October 10, 2012. Ukraine,Zaporizhia Oblast. Pictured: Ukraine`s President Viktor Yanukovych visits Zaporizhia oblast of Ukraine
 

September 24, 2012. 2012 Parliamentary elections were held in Belarus on 23 September 2012. Pictured: l-r the Secretary of the Central Election Commission of Belarus Nikolai Lozovik and head of the Central Election Commission of Belarus Lidia Ermoshina at the press conference in Minsk announcing that the elcetions in Belarus were held successfully.
 

September 21, 2012. September 20,2012. Kiev,Ukraine. President of Poland Bronisław Komorowski visits Ukraine.Pictured: President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych welcomes President of Poland Bronisław Komorowski (r) .
 

September 17, 2012. September 13,2012.Kiev,Ukriane. Pictured: Ukraine`s President Viktor Yanukovych welcomes Prime Minister of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan (r) in Kiev.
 

September 10, 2012. September 08,2012. Vladivistok,Russia. APEC Summit 2012 in Vladivostok city of Russia. Pictured: Russia`s President Vladimir Putin and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton attend APEC Summit 2012.
 

September 03, 2012. September 02,2012. Vladivistok,Russia. APEC Summit 2012 in Vladivostok city of Russia. Pictured: APEC Summit 2012 banner.
 

August 30, 2012. August 25,2012.Sochi,Russia. Pictured: Russia`s President Vladimir Putin meets Ukraine`s President Viktor Yanukovych (l)in Bocharov Ruchei Sochi residence to discuss important issues of interstate relations.
 

August 23, 2012. St.Petersburg,Russia. Pictured: Russia`s President Vladimir Putin addresses Russian Geographical Society .
 

August 21, 2012. August 17,2012. Moscow,Russia. The former World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov was beaten and arrested outside the Moscow Khamovnichesky Court House where the Pussy Riot trial is taking place. Kasparov was not protesting, but simply trying to attend the reading of the verdict. Pictured: Garry Kasparov detained in cage of the police vehicle.