May 08, 2013. April 30,2013. Pictured: President Vladimir Putin at the Russian Geographical Society board of trustees session in St.Petersburg,Russia.
 

April 19, 2013. Alexander Rahr, German politologist and program director at the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP).
 

April 01, 2013. March 30,2013. Pictured: Mikhail Gorbachev lecturing at RIA Novosti multi-media centre of Moscow,Russia.
 

March 12, 2013. March 10,2013. St.Petersburg,Russia. Life Without Fear training course.Pictured: a trainee stands on nails.
 

March 11, 2013. Doll Salon in Moscow,Russia. Pictured : Pussy Riot doll.
 

March 05, 2013. March 03,2013. Pictured: A mass Harlem Shake flashmob held in St.Petersburg of Russia. People gathered in central St.Petersburg are dancing Harlem Shake.
 

February 19, 2013. February 17,2013.Moscow,Russia. Pictured:The Hereditary Prince Carl Ferdinand of Bentheim and Steinfurt and his wife Princess Elna-Margret of Bentheim and Steinfurt attend birthday party of russian singer Irina Dubtsova at The Sad restaurant of Moscow.
 

February 11, 2013. February 08,2013.St.Petersburg,Russia. Russian police conducted a special operation in Apraksin Dvor market of St.Petersburg and have detained 271 people, most of them from the North Caucasus and central Asia, in an investigation into involvement in “terrorist activities”. Pictured: police arrest a dealer from Apraksin Dvor market.
 

February 11, 2013. February 09,2013.First same-sex marriage (or equal marriage) between two women in Russia. The marriage was registered by non-formal registry office Point-G in St.Petersburg,Russia. Pictured: two happy young lesbian women with marriage certificate in the Point-G registry office.
 

February 06, 2013. February 02,2013. Stalinbus appeared in the streets of St.Petersburg, Russia. A minibus with portrait of Stalin on it in commemoration of 70th anniversary of Stalingrad Battle victory over the nazis is seen in St.Petersburg.
 

February 06, 2013. February 03,2013. World of Tanks Championship in St.Petersburg,Russia. Pictured: the players in World of Tanks.
 

February 01, 2013. Volgograd will become Stalingrad again.The government of Volgograd city took unanimous decision on Thursday,January 31,2013 to officially restore its Communist-era name, Stalingrad, for six days each year. Volgograd will officially become the “hero-city Stalingrad” on Saturday,February 02,2013 when the city celebrates the 70th anniversary of a landmark victory there over the Nazis in 1943 that turned the tide of World War II. It will do so again on five other days that commemorate the Soviet Union’s victory in the war. Pictured: The Motherland statue (back)(or The Mamayev Kurgan Monument)in Mamayev Kurgan War Memorial of Volgograd. Russian war veterans in Mamayev Kurgan War Memorial.
 

January 23, 2013. January 22,2013. Kiev,Ukraine. Pictured: supporters of jailed ex-prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko with her portraits demand to Free Yulia.
 

January 15, 2013. January 14,2013.St.Petersburg,Russia. French actor and Russian citizen Gérard Depardieu became a new face of Russian Bank Sovetsky (Sovetsky is translated into english as Soviet). Pictured: the billboard promotes Sovetsky Bank credit cards with image of Gérard Depardieu.
 

December 28, 2012. December 26,2012. St.Petersbutg,Russia.Russians protest against the Magnitsky Act approved by The US Senate.Pictured: a teenager Sarah Grin tearing into pieces american passport in front of the US Consulate office in St.Petersburg.People also express their suppot to so called `Dima Yakovlev Law` which is russian respond to the Magnitsky Act.