June 21, 2011. June21,2011. Petrozavodsk,Russia. Petrozavodsk Tu-134 plane crash - 44 dead. A Moscow flight bound for the northern city of Petrozavodsk crash-landed on approach to its destination, killing 44 people. The RusAir air company evening flight to the capital of Karelia region was unable to reach the airport and crash landed on the highway one kilometer away from Petrozavodsk airport, falling apart and bursting into flames on impact. Eight of the 52 people on board the flight survived the crash, RIA Novosti reported. Pictured: Tu-134 aircraft crash site. Fragments of the plane`s engine.
 

May 30, 2011. G8 summit in Deauville,France. Pictured: French President Nicolas Sarkozy .
 

May 30, 2011. Sergei Bagapsh, President of Georgia`s breakaway region of Abkhazia, dies in a Moscow hospital following lung surgery at the age of 62. (dies May 29, 2011). Pictured: President of Abkhazia Sergei Bagapsh at the meeting at Freedom Square of Abkhazian capital Sukhumi in January 28,2008 (the national flag of Abkhazia is in the background).
 

May 19, 2011. May 18,2011. Moscow,Russia. Pictured: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has held a live Q&A session at Skolkovo School of Management in Moscow.
 

May 10, 2011. May 9, 2011.Moscow,Russia. l-r : Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime-minister Vladimir Putin attend Victory Parade in Moscow.
 

April 28, 2011. President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev visits Chernobyl.Pictured: President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev arrives to Chernobyl by presidential helicopter in commemoration of 25th anniversary of Chernobyl tragedy.
 

April 27, 2011. President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev visits Ukraine.Pictured: Kyiv,Ukraine. President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev (l) at the meeting with President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych (r).
 

April 21, 2011. Kyiv,Ukraine. Council of Europe Secretary General Thorbjørn Jagland (pictured) visits Ukraine.
 

April 20, 2011. Chernobyl Shelter Fund Nuclear Safety Account Pledging Conference 2011 in Kyiv,Ukraine. Representatives from various nations attend the Conference.The world community, spurred by the nuclear crisis in Japan, pledged 550 million euros (483 million pounds) extra cash to help build a new containment shell at the site of the 1986 Chernobyl accident.
 

April 19, 2011. José Manuel Barroso (l) ,President of the European Commission at the meeting with President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych (r)in Kyiv,Ukraine.
 

April 14, 2011. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk visits Ukraine. Pictured: President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych (l) at the meeting with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk (r) in Kyiv,Ukraine.
 

April 13, 2011. Russia`s Prime Minister Vladimir Putin visits Ukraine. Pictured: Vladimir Putin at the meeting with Ukraine`s Prime Minister in Kyiv,Ukraine.
 

April 12, 2011. Terror Attack at Oktyabrskaya Metro Station in Minsk. Minsk Metro bombing occurred on 11 April 2011 when 12 people were killed and hundreds more were injured in an explosion on the Minsk Metro, Belarus. The explosion occurred at the central Oktyabrskaya station at 17:55 local time. Pictured: the victim of the bomb attack on the stretcher near the metro station.
 

March 15, 2011. Russians express grief over disaster in Japan. Russian people laying flowers at the Japanese Consulate in St.Petersburg in memory of the victims of the disaster in Japan.
 

February 25, 2011. NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen at the meeting with President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych (not pictured) in Kyiv.