July 18, 2013. June 12,2013. Moscow,Russia. Russian protest leader Alexei Navalny was sentenced in Kirov to five years in jail for theft on Thursday,July 18, it is an unexpectedly tough punishment which his supporters said proved President Vladimir Putin was a dictator ruling by repression. Pictured: Anti-Putin rally in Moscow. One of the leaders of Russian opposition Alexei Navalny with his wife Julia (L) participating in the rally.
 

June 26, 2013. June 19,2013. Moscow,Russia. Pictured: Marine Le Pen, French right-wing politician and the president of the Front National (FN) visits Russian Parliament (State Duma).
 

June 26, 2013. June 21,2013. St.Petersburg,Russia. Pictured: Russia`s President Vladimir Putin at St.Petersburg International Economic Forum.
 

June 07, 2013. Pictured: photo portraits of Ludmila Putina - wife of russian president Putin young and today(r)and her husband Vladimir Putin (l) in a book `Powerful University Graduates`. Russian President Vladimir Putin and his wife Lyudmila announced their divorce on Thursday, June 06,2013 after nearly 30 years of marriage.
 

June 04, 2013. June 04,2013. Ekaterinburg,Russia. Pictured: Russia`s President Vladimir Putin at the Summit.
 

May 27, 2013. May 21,2013. Pictured: The Secretary General of the Council of Europe Thorbjørn Jagland visits Moscow,Russia.
 

May 15, 2013. May 09,2013. Tbilisi,Georgia. Pictured: Vake-park of Tbilisi. Prime Minister of Georgia Bidzina Ivanishvili attends celebrations of the 68th anniversary of the Victory over the German nazis in the WWII.
 

May 08, 2013. May 05,2013. Pictured: l-r Russia`s Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, Medvedev`s spouse Svetlana Medvedeva and Russia`s President Vladimir Putin attend Orthodox Easter church service in the Christ the Savior Cathedral of Moscow.
 

April 23, 2013. April 23,2013. Tbilisi,Georgia. Pictured: Georgia`s President Mikhail Saakashvili (c) at the meeting of United National Movement pro-president party supporters in Tbilisi.
 

April 09, 2013. April 07,2013. Hannover,Germany.Pictured: German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Russian President Vladimir Putin met at the opening of Hannover Industry Trade Fair.
 

March 25, 2013. October 16,2000. Moscow,Russia. Pictured: Russian tycoon Boris Berezovsky at the press conference in Moscow.
 

March 21, 2013. Cyprus`s Finance Minister Michalis Sarris visits Moscow to reach an agreement on ways to help Cyprus out of the crisis. Pictured: March 20,2013.Moscow,Russia. Cyprus`s Finance Minister Michalis Sarris giving his comments right after his meeting with Russia`s Finance Minister.
 

March 19, 2013. March 15,2013.St.Petersburg,Russia. Pictured: President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko (pictured)visits St.Petersburg where he had talks with Russian president Vladimir Putin (not pictured) at the Russia-Belarus Union State Supreme State Council.
 

March 13, 2013. February 21.2013.Syria suffers terror attack. Pictured: Bomb attack in Damascus,Syria.The state TV blames Damascus attacks on suicide bombers.
 

March 06, 2013. Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez visits Russia. Pictured: President of Venezuela Hugo Chavez in Barvikha residence of Russian President.
 

March 05, 2013. March 04,2013.Zavidovo presidential residence near Moscow. Pictured:Ukraine`s President Viktor Yanukovych (l)came to Moscow to meet Russia`s President Vladimir Putin (r)to negotiate russian natural gas prices for Ukraine.
 

March 04, 2013. February 28,2013. The head of Germany`s Charite-University Hospital, Karl Max Einhaupl, and other German doctors examined Tymoshenko on February 28. `First of all, Ms. Tymoshenko is ill. Secondly, she needs further medical treatment,` Einhaupl said. `We strongly recommend the treatment is continued in the hospital.` Pictured:The head of Berlin`s Charite University Hospital Karl Max Einhäupl (l) and former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko`s daughter Yevgenia Tymoshenko (r) after visiting Yulia Tymoshenko in `UKRZALIZNYYSY` clinic in Kharkiv,Ukraine.
 

February 26, 2013. February 23,2013.St.Petersburg,Russia.The current President of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region and the leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party visits Russia. Pictured: President of the Iraqi Kurdistan Massoud Barzani in St.Petersburg.
 

February 26, 2013. February 25,2013.Bruxelles,Belgium. EU-Ukraine Summit in Bruxelles. Pictured: l-r Viktor Yanukovych, Herman Van Rompuy, José Manuel Barroso at the Summit.
 

February 26, 2013. February 25,2013. Kiev,Ukraine. United Opposition of Ukraine supporters held a rally in central Kiev to protest against President Yanukovych`s policy and express their support in European integration of Ukraine. Pictured: a protester with portrait of jailed former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko: `Free Yulia`.
 

February 15, 2013. February 13,2013.Ashkhabad,Turkmenistan. President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych visits Turkmenistan.Pictured: President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov (l)welcomes President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych (r)in Ashkhabad.
 

February 08, 2013. February 07,2013.Kiev,Ukraine. Štefan Füle,European Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy visits Ukraine. Pictured: Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych (l)welcomes European Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy Stefan Fule.
 

February 07, 2013. February 05,2013.Kiev,Ukraine. Pictured: Sir Suma Chakrabarti, the President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development at the meeting with Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych.
 

February 07, 2013. February 06,2013. Vilnius,Lithuania. Pictured:President of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaite (r)welcomes Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych .
 

January 29, 2013. President Putin assigned a member of Russian Parliament Ramazan Abdulatipov as acting president of Dagestan. Pictured: Ramazan Abdulatipov at the press conference in Moscow.