April 06, 2010. Russian village of Beketovo in Vologda region is located just about 500 km. from russian capital city of Moscow. But the village is actually cut from civilization and the only connection with the rest of the world is a narrow-gauge railroad which is a source of supply and communication for the village. The train comes to Beketovo only once in a week delivering food and all necessary things also allowing local people to travel in and out. Despite of such isolation people of Beketovo feel quite independent and are almost satisfied with their life. They even have a secondary school in Beketovo. In addition to a weekly train they can organize a trip outside the village to visit the `Big Land` using a personal trolley (hand car). Pictured: a local woman looking at narrow-gauge railroad which - the road of life for the villagers
 

April 02, 2010. St.Petersburg, Russia. The exhibition devoted to Swedish humanitarian Raoul Wallenberg at Museum of Political History of Russia. Raoul Wallenberg was a Swedish humanitarian who worked in Budapest, Hungary, during World War II to rescue Jews from the Holocaust. Between July and December 1944, he issued protective passports and housed Jews, saving tens of thousands of Jewish lives.
 

March 25, 2010. Greenpeace actvists and members of other anti-nuclear organizations held a protest rally near the French Consulate in St.Petersburg. They protested against arrival of depleted uranium shipment from France. The protesters told the nuclear waste will be transported to a chemical plant in the western Siberian city of Seversk for processing. They carried such placards as `France, leave your waste in your own backyard!` and `Russia is not a dumping ground!` Maria Musatova, the Greenpeace press spokeswoman in St. Petersburg, told that France was the only country that sends its nuclear waste to Russia. She said a German company stopped sending nuclear waste to Russia last year after nongovernmental organizations and activists protested against the shipments.
 

March 22, 2010. Saint Patrick`s Day celebrations in Moscow.Pictured: Saint Patrick`s Day parade in Stary Arbat street of central Moscow
 

March 15, 2010. Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder (currently Chairman of the Shareholders` Committee of Nord Stream AG )attends the press conference at the opening of the Habari Afrika exhibition of African Art in St. Petersburg
 

March 11, 2010. Colours of Childhood children`s exhibiton in St.Petersburg`s Manege where kids paint their dreams.
 

March 10, 2010. Svetlana Medvedeva , wife of russian president Dmitry Medvedev at Picasso exhibition in Moscow
 

March 09, 2010. Women`s prison #5 in St.Petersburg, Russia.Pictured: sleeping quarters of women`s prison ; a woman prisoner is reading a book
 

February 17, 2010. Women`s prison #3 in Kineshma town of Ivanovo region of Russia (just 400 km. from Moscow). Pictured: women prisoners at the sewing workshop where prisoners work pruducing military uniform
 

February 16, 2010. Kosmetik Expo in Moscow. A model with crative make-up and hair dress
 

February 15, 2010. Magician Gennady Palchevsky (Mr. FIX) has set a world record of human long stay inside an ice cube. To set the record Latvian magician Gennady Palchevsky (Mr. FIX)remained in a 2 by 2 meter ice cube for 64 hours and 32 minutes which is 32 minutes more than previous record set by Israeli contender. Pictured: Latvian magician Gennady Palchevsky setting the record inside ice box at Prodexpo 2010 exhibition in Moscow
 

February 03, 2010. Snowman performance by russian artist Nikolai Polissky who built different snowmen next to Moscow Musical Theatre.
 

February 02, 2010. Russia’s first legal casino opened in Azov City gambling zone. After a ban on gambling outside special areas, the first legal Casino “Oracle” opened in Azov City zone of Krasnodar region.
 

February 01, 2010. Russia’s first legal casino opens in Azov City gambling zone. After a ban on gambling outside special areas, the first legal Casino “Oracle” opened in Azov City zone of Krasnodar region.
 

January 28, 2010. Holocaust Memorial Day at sinagogue in Moscow. Pictured: rabbi Berl Lazar (l)