Pictured: photo portraits of Ludmila Putina - wife of russian president Putin young and today(r)and her husband Vladimir Putin (l) in a book `Powerful University Graduates`. Russian President Vladimir Putin and his wife Lyudmila announced their divorce on Thursday, June 06,2013 after nearly 30 years of marriage.

The Moscow City Business Centre in Moscow (Moskva city). The Moscow International Business Centre (MIBC) is an ambitious engineering project in the centre of Moscow. The site is on an old urban area near the river embankment. The goal of the project is to create a new business district within the city.

Typical russian village in mid-russia. People of Podporozhye village of Leningrad (St.Petersburg) region.

February 18,2013.Ekaterinburg,Russia. The sample found by Ural Federal University scientists at Lake Chebarkul. (The meteorite was therefore named Chebarkul).Chebarkul meteorite is the proposed name for the fragments of the asteroid that entered the atmosphere of Earth and caused the Russian meteor event on February 15, 2013. Pictured: Chebarkul meteorite sample is under research at the labaratory of the Ural Federal University in Ekaterinburg.

At the Maternity Hospital in St.Petersburg

Girl`s Cadet School in Moscow - girls-cadets observing Kalashnikov submachine gun

Tatoo festival in St.Petersburg.

Women`s boxing World Cup

`Russian Silhouette` Fashion Show.

Nadymsky region of Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug,Russia.The Nentsy (also known as the Yurak) are one of five Samoyedic peoples, which also include the Entsy (Yenisei), Nganasany (Tavgi), Sel`kupy, and Kamas. Although many aspects of their lives have changed, the Nentsy still rely on their traditional way of life,which is hunting, reindeer herding, and fishing. Pictured: daily life of the nentsy.