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.

September 2012. Vladivostok,Russia. Pictured: The Zelyony Ugol (“Green Corner”)used car market in Vladivostok city of Russia. The Zelyony Ugol car market deals with Japanese second hand cars.

Beauty Contest `Chechen Beauty` (Miss Chechnya) in Grozny

June 26,2013. St.Petersburg,Russia. ATOMEXPO 2013 International Industry Forum for nuclear energy. Pictured: the stand of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI). Model of Iranian Bushehr nuclear power plant (c).

Tubercular dispensary.

Russian army combat mountain conditions training in Krasnodar region of Russia which is very close to the Northen Caucasus (Chechnya, Georgia,Osetia,Abkhazia).

Tatoo festival in St.Petersburg.

Russian tennis player Dmitry Tursunov put Russia into the Davis Cup final after holding off american Andy Roddick in Moscow on Sunday, September 24.

Russian Fashion Week.

Franz Josef Land (also Franz Joseph Land or Francis Joseph`s Land). Franz Josef Land is an archipelago located in the far north of Russia. It is found in the Arctic Ocean north of Novaya Zemlya and east of Svalbard, and is administered by Arkhangelsk Oblast of Russia. Pictured: monument to Nikolai Chudotvorets (Wonderer-Worker)and a chapel (back) on Alexandra Island, one of 191 ice-covered islands of Franz Joseph Land.