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.

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

St.Petersburg,Russia. Presentation of Samsung products. Pictured: new Samsung Galaxy III smart phone.

At the Maternity Hospital in St.Petersburg

Reconstruction of the battle of lake Peipus.

After protests from the Orthodox Church, Madonna played her first-ever concert in Russia on Tuesday evening at Moscow`s Luzhniki stadium.

Women`s boxing World Cup

Russian Fashion Week.

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.