June 28, 2013. June 26,2013.St.Petersburg,Russia.Pictured:The stern portion of the first Russian Mistral-class helicopter carrier has been launched in St. Petersburg and will sail to France, where its body is to be assembled. It is due to be completed in October.
 

March 18, 2013. March 14,2013. Moscow,Russia. Pictured: Portrait of President Putin (back) and Russian Army soldiers.
 

February 11, 2013. February 06,2013. Gadzhiyevo,Murmansk oblast of Russia.Pictured: the crew of K-51 Verkhoturie nuclear submarine (Delta IV - as for NATO classification)based in in Gadzhiyevo base(Yagelnaya Bay, Sayda Inlet)of Northern Fleet of Russia.
 

February 05, 2013. The Aerospace Defence Forces of Russia. The Aerospace Defence Forces of Russia is the branch of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation responsible for air and missile defence, and the operation of Russian military satellites and the Plesetsk Cosmodrome. The task of Russian Air/Missile Defense Forces is to cover Russian territory from attacks from the air and from (outer)space. Pictured: January 29,2013. Rzhev,Tver region of Russia. Officer on duty fixing the points on a special map in the bunker of 6th Missile Defence Brigade based in Rzhev.
 

January 31, 2013. Kastromskaya oblast of Russia.The Military Railroad Missile Complex. According to official information from the Ministry of Defense of Russia, military railroad missile complexes are currently under development and will appear in Russia by 2020. “Russia’s political leadership has made the decision to start the development of a military railroad missile complex for the Strategic Missile Forces of Russia, as a response to the threat the European Missile Defense System will present between 2018 and 2020,” said Igor Korotchenko, editor-in-chief of the Natsionalnaya Oborona magazine and director of the Center for Analysis of World Arms Trade (CAWAT). The Military Railroad Missile Complex (Boyevoy Zheleznyy Raketnyy Kompleks BZhRK) consists of three launch cars [each with a single missile], a command and control car, cars for personnel, and several diesel locomotives. The rail-mobile version could operate on any Soviet rail line that was unobstructed by overhead electrical power lines, a total of 145,000 km of track. Pictured: the Military Railroad Missile Complex based in Kastroma oblast of Russia.
 

January 29, 2013. Russia`s 201st Motorized Rifle Division based in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. Pictured: combat training of the 201st Division`s mortar unit.
 

January 23, 2013. 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: Russian soldiers of `Nagursdkaya` Russian Arctic military borderguard base in Franz Joseph Land. Alexandra Island, one of 191 ice-covered islands of Franz Joseph Land.
 

December 03, 2012. November 02,2012.Moscow region,Russia.Pictured: Winter military exercise of Russian Army. Soldiers testing new combat equipment and uniform for winter.
 

July 06, 2012. Iran demands 4 Billions US Dollars from Russia for not delivering S-300 air defence missile system. The S-300 is an advanced mobile missile system which can shoot down aircraft and cruise missiles from up to 150 km away.Iran inked a deal with Russia to purchase the S-300 weaponry systems in 2007, however Russia delayed the missiles` delivery as the United States and Israel have strongly opposed the sale of the missile to Iran. Pictured: Ashuluk training range of Russian Armed Forces in Astrakhan region. Combat training for S-300 air defence missile systems. Missile launch.
 

June 01, 2012. May 29,2012.Leningrad region of Russia. Pictured: `Survival Course` for women serving in Russian Army as contract soldiers held in Russian Armed Forces Western Military District Training Centre. Women soldiers during combat training.
 

April 26, 2012. Russian secret service FSB special forces Spetsnaz training. (FSB is Russian secret service: fromer KGB).Pictured:Spetsnaz FSB fighters.
 

April 20, 2012. Russian SPETSNAZ special elite forces training in St.Petersburg,Russia. Spetsnaz is an umbrella term for any special forces in Russian, literally `special purpose forces`.
 

April 03, 2012. March 28,2012. Leningrad region of Russia.Pictured: Russian Army artillery unit at the field military exercise. A soldiers of artillery unit with a shell to load the gun.
 

March 28, 2012. March 27,2012.Sofrino,Moscow region.Pictured:Combat training of Sofrino brigade troops.
 

March 28, 2012. MARCH 22,2012. Military object of Russian space forces. The Altay Optical-Laser Centre in Savvushka village of Zmeinogorsky region.Pictured: observation of cosmic objects.
 

March 01, 2012. The Kant Air Base near the city of Kant is the host to the Russian Air Force`s 5th Air Army`s 999th Air Base positioned in Kyrgyzstan. Pictured: Su-27 fighter jets of Russian Air Force based in Kant.
 

February 29, 2012. February 22,2012.Russia, Prime minister of Russia Vladimir Putin in the military dinnery when visiting Taman Motorized Rifle Division of Russian Armed Forces.
 

February 22, 2012. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev meets Strategic Missile Troops Commander Sergei Karakayev when visiting Saratov region of Russia.Pictured: President Dmitry Medvedev (r) and Lieutenant General Sergei Karakayev (l).
 

February 15, 2012. February 09,2012. Petrozavodsk,Russia. Besovets base of Russian Air Force.Pictured: The Sukhoi Su-27 supermanoeuverable fighter aircraft.
 

December 29, 2011. Russia, Krasnodar region. Russian Navy Black Sea base in Krasnodar krai of Russia. Pictured: combat vehicle getting out of the transport military ship.