July 04, 2011. July 3,2011. Minsk,Belarus.A large military parade is being organized for the Belarus Independence Day in capital city of Minsk. Belarus police have cracked down on anti-government protests in the capital, Minsk, as President Alexander Lukashenko(Lukashenka)delivered a speech on the country`s national holiday. Pictured: President Alexander Lukashenko`s speech at the military parade in Minsk (face of Lukashenko is on the huge screen).
 

May 19, 2011. Horse patrol of Belarus borderguards from Grodno frontier post patrolling Belarus-Poland border .
 

March 04, 2011. Women - soldiers of Russian Army at the shooting range of Khmelyovka military base in Kaliningrad region of Russia.
 

March 04, 2011. Spetsnaz Russian special purpuse unit `Akula` (english:Shark)of Krasnodar Interior ministry forces. Spetsnaz or Specnaz is literally `force of special purpose`. Pictured: training of Spetsnaz fighters .
 

February 28, 2011. IDEX 2011 Abu Dhabi Arms Fair.International Defence Exhibition in Abu Dhabi. ABU DHABI Arms Fair is the largest defense equipment exhibition in the Middle East. Pictured: Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (l), Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces (as well as virtually next in line to President of the United Arab Emirates).
 

December 07, 2010. Pavlovsk Cadet School. Pavlovsk is located near St. Petersburg in Russia. These boys are trained to serve the Motherland Russia from very early age. Strict discipline, subjects, teaching military skill set and only boys environment differentiate this school from all the other schools in Russia. Pictured: boys cadets at the classes.
 

December 07, 2010. Pictured: the S-400 Triumph air defence missile system at Moscow`s region Electrostal air defence military base. The S-400 Triumph (Russian: C-400 Òðèóìô) is a new generation mobile air defense surface-to-air missile system developed by Russia`s Almaz Central Design Bureau as an upgrade of the S-300 family. The S400`s NATO reporting name is SA-21 Growler.Its range is claimed to be at least twice that of the MIM-104 Patriot system. According to Russian sources, the S-400 is capable of detecting six targets out to a range of 400 km (250 miles), including aircraft, cruise missiles, and ballistic missiles up to the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty limits of a range of 3,500 km and a speed of 4.8 km/s and then engaging them at ranges of up to 200 km. It is designed to have improved performance against stealth aircraft.
 

October 25, 2010. Tactical military exercise of russian army assault battalion held in Kaliningrad region of Russia.
 

September 01, 2010. Anti terroristic trainings at Russian Baltic Fleet Marine base `Khmelyovka` in Kaliningrad region of Russia. Pictured: russian marines capturing a `terrorist` to release a `hostage`.
 

July 29, 2010. German military cemetery in Kirovsky district of Leningrad region. Pictured: Bundeswehr soldier fixing a cross on the place where German soldier is buried.
 

July 01, 2010. Salon of Weapons and Military Equipment `MVSV 2010` is the main exhibition of military products held in the Russian Federation. Salon of Weapons and Military Equipment will be held from June 30 to July 4, 2010 in Zhukovsky, Moscow Region. Pictured: russian army new tank T-90C .
 

June 23, 2010. Antiterroristic training of russian special army forces Spetsnaz.
 

June 17, 2010. Belarus teenagers are getting military skills during the annual summer event for teenages organized by military -patriotic clubs of Belarus.The annual event is taking place in Pervomaiskaya village of Grodno region. Pictured: Belarus teenager during military training.
 

June 11, 2010. Russian special troops called Spetsnaz training. Pictured: Spetsnaz field training .
 

May 19, 2010. Among ordinary Moscow schools there is a special one where girls are not only getting a basic education, but are also learning how to match the boys in almost every skill, both domestically and militarily.It is Moscow`s Female Cadet Boarding School No. 9. Since its opening in 2004, the school’s aim is to bring back cadet education abandoned in Soviet times. Deputy Headmaster Aleksey Zhukov says that his girls are perfectly capable of defending themselves after they complete their education:“After they finish our school most of them want to pursue a career in law enforcement, and so far everybody has managed to take up command posts,” Zhukov said.