May 27, 2010. Eastern Dance International Festival in Moscow .( Belly Dance ).
 

May 21, 2010. Japanese Spring Festival In St.Petersburg.`The World of Japanese Paper Dolls` exhibition opened in St.Petersburg, Russia. More than 150 dolls made of traditional japanese paper are exhibited in St.Petersburg.
 

May 18, 2010. Zombie fest called Fleshmob Zombi Mob3 Meat Holiday held on Arbat street in central Moscow
 

May 17, 2010. Russian riot police were called in to disperse coal miners and their families who had blocked a railway line in Siberia to protest against a mine accident last weekend which killed at least 66 people. Police said 28 people had been arrested and could be charged with blocking the railway. Pictured: policemen detain a protester during a rally in the town of Mezhdurechensk in the Kemerovo region of Russia.
 

May 14, 2010. The historical festival Legends of Norwegian Vikings takes place in St. Petersburg in the fortress of Petropavlovskaya on the May 14 – 16. Military history clubs from different Russia cities are taking part in it. The festival takes place within The Norwegian Days in St. Petersburg. A Viking village appears on the banks of Neva River, and everybody are able to see everyday life and customs of the early medieval Norwegians, to get familiar with different medieval crafts, to learn, how the weapons and jewelry were manufactured and even read your fortune on the runes. Show battles and competitions are also included into the program. Everybody have a possibility to feel like a medieval Norwegian during the festival.
 

May 14, 2010. Moscow Tattoo Congress. Pictured: totally tattooed face.
 

May 12, 2010. Russian organization against abortions held an action in central Moscow demanding ban on abortion in Russia due a bad demographic situation in the country. Pictured: participants of the action demonstrates a picture of a baby killed through abortion.
 

May 07, 2010. St.Petersburg communists and their supporters held an action putting up posters of Stalin around the city. Pictured: a man hanging around the city streets Stalin portraits.
 

May 06, 2010. May 5th,2010.A public bus No.187 in St. Petersburg drove its route through the very centre of St.Petersburg - Nevsky avenue (pictured) adorned with an advertisement that includes a portrait of Soviet dictator Josef Stalin. Bus No. 187 will be sporting the ad featuring Stalin on its sides for the next two weeks (in commemoration of the 65th anniversary of the Great Patriotic War Victory ). Officials said the advertisement was paid for by an activist group that they refused to name.
 

May 04, 2010. Russian Communists use May Day celebrations to express their respect to Joseph Stalin. Pictured: Thousands of communist party veterans and supporters together with young russians holding numerous portraits of Stalin and red flags to mark the May Day in central St.Petersburg, Russia.
 

April 27, 2010. Prison for life in Harp settlement of Yamal-Nenetsk region of Russia. Harp prison #98/18 is a prison-camp where life sentenced prisoners are kept .Prisoners who committed most dangerous crimes,like : serial killers,terrorists,canibals...are held in the prison(most prisoners of this prison-camp were sentenced to death but as far as today there is moratorium on death penalties in Russia criminals serve life-imprisonment). Pictured: 45 years prisoner Andrey demonstrates that he has nothing in his hands. Andrey was sentenced for life imprisonment for committing series of robberies ,rape and murdering of 6 people. 3 Russian letters on his jacket mean : Sentenced for Life Imprisonment.
 

April 19, 2010. Volcanic ash cloud blowing across Europe has left millions of passengers stranded around the globe. About 30 countries have closed or restricted their airspace due to passenger safety fears, catching 6.8 million passengers in a global backlog, according to the international airports council, ACI. Pictured: flights are cancelled and thousands of passangers heading to Europe are stuck at Pulkovo airport of St.Petersburg,Russia.
 

April 16, 2010. Vladimir Akulov, a pensioner from a typical distant poor russian village of Klimovo in Bryansk woodland, made his private wooden house the pattern of Paris Louvre Museum.
 

April 08, 2010. In 2010 the World Community celebrates 65th anniversary of the end of the World War II. Pictured: Reconstruction of World War II battle for East Prussian capital of Königsberg by enthusiasts of military-historic club of Kaliningrad (after the WWII Königsberg became part of the Soviet Union and was renamed Kaliningrad in 1946)devoted to the 65th anniversary of the Soviet assault on Königsberg and 65th anniversary of the end of the WWII.Pictured: participants of the reconstruction - soviet women-soldiers .
 

April 07, 2010. S.Petersburg,Russia. Russian wildlife defenders took action to protect the Norht American bear, whose fur is used for making hats for British Guards. Pictured: members of the protest action with their slogans in russian and english : 1 bear = 1 hat ; British Guards : Go Fur-Free!