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.

Pictured: April 05,2011.Moscow,Russia. Rosbank CEO Vladimir Golubkov attends 22nd Congress of Russian Banks Association. The head of Societe Generale SA (GLE)’s Russian unit Vladimir Golubkov was detained in a sting operation with cash on his desk after demanding $1.5 million from a company seeking to modify loan terms, Russian police said.

Women`s running competition on spike heel shoes in St.Petersburg.

Russia, Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Tyumen Oblast. The Yuzhno-Russkoye oil and gas field. The Yuzhno-Russkoye field is a Russian oil and gas field located in the Krasnoselkupsky District, Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Tyumen Oblast. The proven gas reserves of Yuzhno-Russkoye are 805.3 bcm (billion cubic meters) and estimated reserves are more than 1000 bcm of natural gas.The planned capacity of Yuzhno-Russkoye field is about 25 bcm of gas per year. Currently there are 26 gas wells in operation producing 15 million cubic meters of natural gas per day. It is designated to become the main natural gas supply for the Nord Stream pipeline. Pictured: gas holes hub .

Tubercular dispensary.

Russian army combat mountain conditions training in Krasnodar region of Russia which is very close to the Northen Caucasus (Chechnya, Georgia,Osetia,Abkhazia).

Roger Waters (Pink Floyd)in Moscow.

Bubble Baba (Babe)Challenge fun swimming competition between men near St.Petersburg. During this competition men are floating down the river with a bubble (inflatable rubber)woman in order to come first to the finish to be the winner of this funny competition.

HAIRWORLD - 2006 Competition in Moscow.

Franz Josef Land (also Franz Joseph Land or Francis Joseph`s Land). Franz Josef Land is an archipelago located in the far north of Russia. It is found in the Arctic Ocean north of Novaya Zemlya and east of Svalbard, and is administered by Arkhangelsk Oblast of Russia. Pictured: monument to Nikolai Chudotvorets (Wonderer-Worker)and a chapel (back) on Alexandra Island, one of 191 ice-covered islands of Franz Joseph Land.