September 08, 2011. September 07,2011. Moscow,Russia. Pictured: HM The Queen of Denmark Margrethe II and Russia`s President Dmitry Medvedev (r) at opening of `ARCTIC` Russian-Danish photo exhibition.
 

September 07, 2011. September 06,2011. Moscow,Russia. Pictured: HM The Queen of Denmark Margrethe II (R),walks with Russian First Lady Svetlana Medvedeva during a visit to the Pushkin Museum . Queen Margrethe is to hold official talks in Moscow and then in St. Petersburg.
 

September 01, 2011. August 31,2011. St.Petersburg,Russia. Pictured: Georgy Poltavchenko assumed the position of governor of St. Petersburg - the second large city of Russia.
 

August 31, 2011. August 30,2011. Gdansk,Poland. Pictured: a working visit of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych (l) to Poland and a meeting with his Polish counterpart Bronislaw Komorowski (r).
 

August 26, 2011. August 17,2011.Zhukovsky town of Moscow region,Russia. Pictured: Vladimir Putin , prime-minister of Russia attends MAKS-2011 Aviation & Space Salon.
 

August 24, 2011. August 24,2011.Kyiv,Ukraine.The 20th anniversary of Ukraine`s independence is celebrated in Ukraine. Pictured: Ukraine`s Prime-minister Nikolai Azarov (l)with Ukraine`s President Viktor Yanukovych (r)attending official celebrations ceremony in Kyiv.
 

August 15, 2011. Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has already spent about 2 weeks in custody, after the trial judge ordered her arrest on 5 August,2011.However she has criticised her trial as an attempt by President Viktor Yanukovych to bar her from elections. Mrs Tymoshenko was one of the central figures in the Orange Revolution of 2004, which overturned Mr Yanukovych`s fraud-tainted presidential election victory. Pictured: Pictured: Yulia Tymoshenko and Viktor Yanukovich at the `round table` talks in Kyiv.Two candidates - Yulia Tymoshenko and Viktor Yanukovich will face a February 7 runoff vote to become the next Ukrainian President.
 

August 11, 2011. August 11,2011.Sochi,Russia. Pictured: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (r) at the meeting with Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych in Sochi residence. During the meeting, Medvedev and Yanukovich are expected to discuss a wide range of bilateral and regional issues. Special attention is due to be paid to integration processes on the CIS space and russian natural gas prices for Ukraine.
 

August 01, 2011. July 31,2011. Moscow,Russia.Democratic forces of Russia held a protest rally in centre of Moscow to demand freedom of assembly and the right to protest which is guaranteed by Russian Constitution. Freedom of assembly is guaranteed in Article 31 of the Russian Constitution but has been a glaring casualty of the rise of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. Human rights activists regularly try to stage demonstrations to draw attention to the repression of public dissent by Putin`s government. Pictured: police forces arresting protesters .
 

July 26, 2011. July 24,2011.Kuibyshev Reservoir,Tatarstan,Russia. Pictured: Bulgaria cruise ship lifted by floating crane. Bulgaria cruise ship, which was on a Bolgary-Kazan river voyage, sank in the Kuibyshev water reservoir in conditions of stormy weather on July 10. Built in 1955, the ship listed to the starboard and sank within minutes.
 

July 11, 2011. July 08,2011.President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych at the press conference in Kyiv,Ukraine.
 

July 06, 2011. St.Petersburg Governor Valentina Matviyenko was offered the job of Federation Council of Russia speaker.Ultimately she agreed, albeit reluctantly. Pictured:Valentina Matviyenko playing tennis in St.Petersburg.
 

July 06, 2011. July 05,2011. St.Petersburg,Russia. NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen at the Kuznetsov Naval Academy in St. Petersburg to discuss Russia-NATO relations. NATO welcomes Russia to build a common missile defense center. Pictured: Anders Fogh Rasmussen at the press conference.
 

June 21, 2011. June 18,2011. Chinese President Hu Jintao visits Ukraine. Pictured: Chinese President Hu Jintao (l) at the meeting with Ukraine`s President Viktor Yanukovich in Ukrainian capital of Kyiv.
 

June 21, 2011. June 2011,Nizhni Novgorod,Russia. 2011 EU - Russia Summit in Nizhni Novgorod.Pictured: l-r European Council President Herman Van Rompuy, President Dmitry Medvedev and European Commission President José Manuel Barroso attending the summit.