Director of Hermitage museum Mikhail Piotrovsky gestures during a press confrence in St. Petersburg, 01 August 2006. More than 200 items of jewellery...
The Director of the Hermitage museum Mikhail Piotrovsky gestures during a prees conference in St. Petersburg, 01 August 2006. More than 200 items of...
An activist of The Other Russia movement shouts as he takes part in the "March of the Dissenters" in St.Petersburg, 09 June 2007. The Other Russia...
Man holds a kid as he dirties a picture of US President George W. Bush during a protest rally against the Israeli offensive in Lebanon, near the US...
Leaders of The Other Russia party, world chess champion Garry Kasparov and former Russian National Bolshevik Party leader Eduard Limonov take part in...
Leader of The Other Russia movement and former Russian National Bolshevik Party leader Eduard Limonov takes part in the "March of the Dissenters" in...
Russian ultra-nationalist shouts during a rally marking People's Unity Day, the new state holiday created by the Kremlin to promote patriotism, in...
St Petersburg, RUSSIAN FEDERATION: The speaker of the Georgian parliament Nino Burjanadze speaks as Russian Federal Council Chairman Sergei Mironov...
Marmoset Callithris jacchus looks out from a cage at the St. Petersburg Zoo, 13 December 2005. AFP PHOTO / ALEXANDER TARAN
Polar bear eats a fish as he just woke up after winter sleeping at the Zoo in St. Petersburg on April 20, 2008. AFP PHOTO / INTERPRESS/ ALEXANDER...
Polar bear eats a fish as he just woke up after winter sleeping at the Zoo in St. Petersburg on April 20, 2008. AFP PHOTO / INTERPRESS/ ALEXANDER...
Activists from Oborona , a young group backed by the liberal Union of Right Forces and Yabloko salute wearing masks with the faces of Russian...
Former chess champion turned Kremlin critic Garry Kasparov speaks with the activist and counterculture writer Eduard Limonov during a rally of...
Former Russian President Mikhail Gorbachev delivers a speech during an opening ceremony of the Institute of Pediatric Hematology and Transplantology...
Russian Orthodox priest reads the burial service for famous Russian actor Kiril Lavrov at a church in St.petersburg, 28 April 2007. Kiril Lavrov, a...
Picture taken 01 September 2006 shows theN first Vice Premier and Russia's presidential candidate Dmitry Medvedev as he visits his school Number 305...
Polar bear cub eats a fish as he just woke up after winter sleeping at the Zoo in St. Petersburg on April 20, 2008. AFP PHOTO / INTERPRESS/ ALEXANDER...
Russian Orthodox priest reads the burial service for famous Russian actor Kiril Lavrov at a church in St.petersburg, 28 April 2007. Kiril Lavrov, a...
St Petersburg, RUSSIAN FEDERATION: The Director of the Hermitage museum Mikhail Piotrovsky gestures during a prees confrence in St. Petersburg, 01...
The president of Suzuki Motor Corporation, Osamu Suzuki attends a news conference after a signing ceremony in St.Petersburg, 08 June 2007. Japanese...
St Petersburg, RUSSIAN FEDERATION: Russian Defence Minister Sergei Ivanov receives a fried piglet from a captain of "Kruzenshtern" sailing ship Oleg...
Moscow, RUSSIAN FEDERATION: People carry an icon and posters during a rally marking National Unity Day in St. Petersburg, 04 November 2006....
St Petersburg, RUSSIAN FEDERATION: A woman crosses herself at the grave of Russian Empress Maria Fyodorovna after a funeral ceremony at the Peter and...
Russian military cadet speaks on a mobile phone near a pre-election poster of "Just Russia" party at a polling station during regional elections in...
Men cast their ballots at a polling station during regional elections in St. Peteresburg 11 March 2007. Voters are going to the polls in 14 Russian...
Flajs Andrej of Slovenia hits the ball as Vadeleux Romain of France blocks during their 2007 Men's European Championships qualification match in...
Moscow, RUSSIAN FEDERATION: A roller skater jumps near a memorial of WW II at Poklonnaya hill in Moscow, 08 May 2007. Russia celebrates the Victory...
Amateur actors wearing Polar bears costumes parade during a carnival celebrations in St. Petersburg, 26 May 2007. AFP PHOTO / ALEXANDER TARAN
The president of Suzuki Motor Corporation, Osamu Suzuki and Russian Minister for Economic Development and Trade German Gref exchange pens during a...
Russians lay flowers outside the US consulate in St.Petersburg 11 September 2006 to mark the fifth anniversary of the 11 September, 2001 attacks in...
St Petersburg, RUSSIAN FEDERATION: Russian policeman arrests a nationalist protestor during a rally marking National Unity Day in St. Petersburg, 04...
Nationalist protestors fight with antifascists during a rally marking National Unity Day in St. Petersburg, 04 November 2006. Nationalists began a...
Activists of the ruling United Russia party wave flags with the effigy of President Vladimir Putin in St.Petersburg late 04 November 2007 on People's...
People pay their last respects to famous Russian actor Kiril Lavrov at a church in St.petersburg, 28 April 2007. Kiril Lavrov, a popular Russian...
Russian ultranationalists take part in a rally marking People's Unity Day, the new state holiday created by the Kremlin to promote patriotism in...
St Petersburg, RUSSIAN FEDERATION: A boy rides a bicycle along the flooded Neva river embankment in St Petersburg, 29 October 2006. AFP PHOTO/...
Guillermo Falasca of Spain hits a ball as Vincent Montmeat and Guillaume Samica of France block during their 2007 Men's European Championships...
Moscow, RUSSIAN FEDERATION: Protestors salute during a rally marking National Unity Day in St. Petersburg, 04 November 2006. Nationalists began a...
Russian ultra-nationalist shouts during a rally marking People's Unity Day, the new state holiday created by the Kremlin to promote patriotism, in...
Cyclist Roman Lutoshkin rides naked through St. Petersburg on May 3, 2008. Lutoshkin rode naked through the city in order to attract the attention of...
Guillaume Samica of France hits a ball as Guillermo Falasca blocks during their 2007 Men's European Championships qualification match in...
St Petersburg, RUSSIAN FEDERATION: Russian special police forces officer carries a red flag as his colleagues arrest a participants of human rights...
Woman draws the "Kruzenshtern" sailing ship at a berth in St.Petersburg, 07 August 2006. "Kruzenshtern" is the world's second largest sailing ship...
Russia's Grandfather Frost fires a cannon from the Petropavlovskaya fortress in St. Petersburg 23 December 2006. Grandfather Frost arrived in St....
Graduate of a Naval school helps his friend strap her shoe during a reception for young officers outside St. Petersburg 25 June 2006. AFP PHOTO/...
Greek President Carolos Papoulias looks at a sculpture during his visit in the Hermitage state museum in St.Petersburg, 02 June 2007. Carolos...
Woman holds a picture of a slain Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya, during a rally marking the ninth day after her killing, in St.Petersburg, 15...
Police investigator takes notes next to an escort car with the body of a bodyguard of the chief of "St.Petersburg oil terminal" stock-company Sergei...
Employees of the Coca-Cola plant hold posters reading "Every worker is important" during a rally near the plant in St.Petersburg, 20 April 2007. The...
Woman walks through rain under an umbrella in St. Petersburg, 03 October 2007. AFP PHOTO / ALEXANDER TARAN
Picture taken 01 September 2006 shows theN first Vice Premier and Russia's presidential candidate Dmitry Medvedev as he visits his school Number 305...
Russian police officers stand at the site, where a student from Senegal was killed, 07 April 2006, in Saint-Petersburg. A student from Senegal was...
Man holds a kid as he dirties a picture of US President George W. Bush during a protest rally against the Israeli offensive in Lebanon, near the US...
An activist from Oborona , a youth group backed by the liberal Union of Right Forces and the opposition liberal Yabloko party, wears a mask with the...
Moscow, RUSSIAN FEDERATION: A municipal worker cleans the place, where a student from Senegal was killed, in Saint-Petersburg 07 April 2006. A...
Moscow, RUSSIAN FEDERATION: A young couple kiss as they sit on a tank turret at a memorial to WW II at Poklonnaya hill in Moscow, 08 May 2007. Russia...
Russian First Vice Premier and presidential candidate Dmitry Medvedev and a veteran of WW II attend a grand meeting in the Oktyabrsky Grand Concert...
Russian speedskating Olympic champion Svetlana Zhurova receives the Olympic flame from Chinese Consul General in St.Petersburg, Tien Erhlung , during...
Municipal worker cleans an embankment as the cathedral of Peter and Paul fortress is reflected on the Neva river in St.Petersburg, 23 March 2007. AFP...
Greek President Carolos Papoulias looks visits the Saint Isaac's Cathedral in St.Petersburg, 01 June 2007. Papoulias is on an official visit to...