October 18, 2011. October 14,2011.Moscow,Russoa. Pictured: A monument to Pope John Paul II was unveiled in the courtyard of the Library of Foreign Languages in Moscow.
 

October 17, 2011. September 23,2011.Arctic.`Arctic 2011` arctic expedition of Russia. Pictured: The Russian drifting station North Pole-39 .Ceremony for lifting of Flag for drifting station North Pole-39 .
 

October 10, 2011. September 30,2011.Kyiv,Ukraine. Pictured: Supporters of Ukraine’s former Prime Minister, Yulia Tymoshenko, gathered in central Kyiv with portraits of Tymoshenko to protest her arrest.Riot police was trying to stop the rally. A Kiev judge has adjourned the corruption trial of Ukraine’s former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko until October 11, 2011. The court is set to give its verdict on the same date. Tymoshenko is charged with abuse of office in relation to a 2009 gas deal with Russia. State prosecutors say she was not authorised to sign the contract with Moscow and that the price paid was too high. They are seeking a seven-year jail term for Tymoshenko.
 

September 29, 2011. September 28,2011.Kyiv,Ukraine. Supporters of Ukraine’s former Prime Minister, Yulia Tymoshenko, gathered in central Kyiv to protest her arrest. Tymoshenko supporters are promising to step up their protest over her detention. Yulia Tymoshenko is accused of abusing her position when a gas deal was signed with Russia in 2009. Pictured: and old ukrainian woman with portrait of Yulia Tymoshenko protest her detention.
 

September 28, 2011. Moscow City ( Moskva city ) business centre in Moscow,Russia.
 

September 20, 2011. September 19,2011. St.Petersburg,Russia.Pictured: Anti American Demo in front of US Consulate office in St.Petersburg,Russia. A man holds a plackard that reads: STOP KILLING FOR OIL.
 

September 20, 2011. September 17,2011. St.Petersburg,Russia. Pictured: Body Art Festival in St.Petersburg.
 

September 12, 2011. September 10,2011. St.Petersburg,Russia.Pictured: Festival of Blacksmith Art : women, participants of `Beautifull Woman`s Legs` contest, demonstrate pieces of smith`s art - women`s shoes.
 

September 09, 2011. 5th International Design Act Festival in Moscow.
 

September 08, 2011. September 06,2011. Moscow,Russia. The Action for the Protection of Animals in central Moscow. `Help me`.
 

September 06, 2011. Russian actor Ivan Okhlobystin announced his intention to run for president of Russia in 2012.Pictured: June 03,2011.Moscow,Russia. Actor Ivan Okhlobystin attends MUZ-TV 2011 award ceremony.
 

August 30, 2011. August 27,2011. St.Petersburg,Russia. Pictured: Zombie Flash-Mob near St.Peter and Paul Fortress in St.Petersburg.
 

August 26, 2011. London’s Rolex flagship sold for £12.5m to Russian investor Grigory Guselnikov (pictured). Grigory Guselnikov has agreed to acquire the Rolex flagship store underneath One Hyde Park on behalf of Williston Properties, a newly formed property fund belonging to Mr. Guselnikov. The £12.5 million price tag will now be seen as a benchmark price for retail property in London’s Knightsbridge district. Pictured: russian multimillionaire Grigory Guselnikov, the owner of Vyatka Bank attends the Golden Gramophone music award ceremony in Moscow,Russia.
 

August 16, 2011. August 19,1991.Moscow,USSR.Pictured: Tanks in central Moscow. The 1991 Soviet coup d`état attempt (19–21 August 1991), also known as the August Putsch or August Coup, was an attempt by a group of members of the Soviet Union`s government to take control of the country from Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev. The coup leaders were hard-line members of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) who were opposed to Gorbachev`s reform program and the new union treaty.
 

August 15, 2011. August 04,2011.Town of Vasilyevka, Zaporizhia region,Ukraine. Oleksandr Pylyshenko, an artist and a smith from the town of Vasilyevka, Zaporizhia region, who owns a private mini zoo, is going to live 35 days in an open-air cage with two lions.On August 2, he settled in an open-air cage with a lioness, specially equipped with a toilet and a shower, and also a wooden flat bed for sleep.The pair of lions, lioness Katia and lion Samson, are for the time being in the neighbouring cages, because the lioness is about to breed young ones and Oleksandr will deliver.Oleksandr`s life in the cage with a lioness will be shown in the online mode on the zoo website.During his staying in the cage Oleksandr Pylyshenko is indenting to paint pictures and then sell than and then will spend the proceeds and sponsor money on building a zoo to breed endangered species of animals.He also intends to be listed in the Guinness Book of World Records if lives with the lions for 35 days. Pictured: Oleksandr Pylyshenko, an artist and director of a private mini zoo, with lioness Katia in an open-air cage .