From left: Cristiano Ronaldo and chief referee Mark Geiger during the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup match between New Zealand and Portugal.24.06.2017#3139313
Roman Nikitin as Caiaphas during a media preview of the musical Master and Margarita prior to its premiere at Nadezhda Babkina's Russian Song Theater.02.03.2015#2582071
Ukraine insists on reducing the price it pays for Russian gas, while Russia seeks to establish control over the Ukrainian gas transport system27.11.2013#2327407
From left: CSKA Moscow's Vágner Love, Volga Nizhny Novgorod's Alexander Belozyorov, and chief referee Vladimir Kazmenko during the the Russian Football Premier League's Round 23 match between CSKA and Volga. A cropped image.06.04.2013#1438127
(From left) Anzhi's fullback Roberto Carlos, chief referee Vladislav Bezborodov, Dynamo's halfback Alexander Samedov and Dynamo's forward Kevin Kurányi in a match of the 21st round of the Russian Football Premier League, Anzhi Makhachkala vs. Dynamo Moscow. Anzhi won, 2-1.21.08.2011#947093
Arbiter David Fernandez Borbalan and Dynamo player Artem Milevsky (left to right) in the 3rd-round qualifying match of the UEFA Champions League 2011/12 season between FC "Dynamo" (Kiev, Ukraine) and FC "Rubin" (Kazan, Russia).26.07.2011#938426
Under the new agreement, the disputed territory of around 175,000 square kilometers will be divided into two equal parts16.09.2010#761008
Ak Bars forward Kirill Petrov and HC MVD's defenseman Alexander Boykov at the Kontinental Hockey League final match Ak Bars Kazan vs. MVD Moscow Region.25.04.2010#636668
Chief referee Nikolai Ivanov, foreground, at the Russian Premiere League 7th round match Spartak Moscow vs. Spartak Nalchik.25.04.2010#636608
Since 1945, Russia and Japan have failed to sign a WWII peace treaty because of the territorial dispute over the South Kuril Islands09.02.2010#568800
Cover of calendar "Caution: History" dealing with the most controversial and hotly debated events of Russian history, published under a new information project involving the Russian News & Information Agency RIA Novosti, the Echo Moskvy radio station and the Izvestia newspaper. The project focuses on historical investigations.17.12.2009#532185
Alexander Medvedev, Gazprom deputy chairman of the board and director general of the Gazexport company, at a RIA Novosti news conference on gas supplies to Ukraine.31.12.2008#366929
Spartak player Roman Pavlyuchenko, 10, got a yellow card in a match between Lokomotiv and Spartak. The game ended in a 2-2 draw. The Russian Football Championships.19.07.2008#324575
After the break-up of the Soviet Union, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan and Iran passed legislation regarding the territorial demarcation of the Caspian Sea and related fishing zones. Seeking to prevent disputes, they established an ad hoc working group to draft a convention on the legal status of the Caspian Sea02.07.2008#563124
Sculptor Alexander Tsigal, right, and painter Sergei Tsigal at a news conference on the theme "The situation surrounding the Moscow House of the Sculptor". 30.01.2008#180641
Ivan Kazansky, a Moscow sculptor, at a news conference on the theme "The situation surrounding the Moscow House of the Sculptor".30.01.2008#180634
Oleg Vyugin, Head of the Federal Financial Markets Service, and Deputy Economic Development and Trade Minister Kirill Androsov [left to right] attend Government meeting. 06.04.2007#149523
Head of the Federal Migration Service (FMS) Konstantin Romodanovsky and Moscow Vice-Mayor Valery Vinogradov (left to right) at a cabinet sitting on regulating external labor migration. 13.02.2007#144602
A Belarusian delegation during a break in negotiations being held in the Government House. 12.01.2007#141994
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Mexican Secretary of Foreign Affairs Patricia Espinosa.01.01.2007#576133
Health and Social Development Minister Mikhail Zurabov and Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Zhukov (left to right) at a conference on streamlining labor immigration.19.12.2006#140783
Health and Social Development Minister Mikhail Zurabov and Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Zhukov (left to right) at a conference on streamlining labor immigration.19.12.2006#140782
Deputy Minister of Agriculture Igor Rudenya, Health and Social Development Minister Mikhail Zurabov and Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Zhukov (left to right) at a conference on streamlining labor immigration. 19.12.2006#140780
The Brazilian and Russian national volleyball teams in a semifinal World League match. 26.08.2006#133008
Sergei Ivanov, Russia's Defense Minister, right, during conference with Andre Flaheau, National Defense Minister of Belgium03.08.2005#118331
A meeting of the government on the pension reform in the Government House. Members of the cabinet of ministers, from right to left: Finance Minister Alexei Kidrin, Deputy Finance Minister Tatyana Golikova and Minister of Labor and Social Development Alexander Pochinok.01.02.2001#677339
Moscow. A rally protesting the NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) aggression against the Union Republic of Yugoslavia in front of the US Embassy building.25.03.1999#8470494
Smolensk nuclear plant personnel stage protest action over several-month-long wage arrears10.05.1997#183799
Former USSR President Mikhail Gorbachev, background, and former Chairman of the USSR Council of Ministers [Government] Nikolai Ryzhkov talking to each in between meetings of the first congress of the Russian Communist Party.20.04.1996#505226
Former USSR President Mikhail Gorbachev, background, and former Chairman of the USSR Council of Ministers [Government] Nikolai Ryzhkov talking to each in between meetings of the first congress of the Russian Communist Party.20.04.1996#505216
Official visit of Russian President Boris Yeltsin to Japan on October 11-13, 1993. Yeltsin, Foreign Minister Andrei Kozyrev and Japanese Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa sign the Tokyo declaration on Russian-Japanese cooperation.13.10.1993#3114539
Official visit of Russian President Boris Yeltsin to Japan on October 11-13, 1993. Yeltsin and Japanese Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa sign the Tokyo declaration on Russian-Japanese cooperation.13.10.1993#3114538
"The Kurils are Russia," a slogan of a rally outside the Japanese Embassy in Moscow.10.09.1992#6584477
Sergei Skvortsov, Co-Chair of the National Committee for Protection of Kuril Islands, at the Kurils Are Russia rally outside the Japanese Embassy in Moscow.10.09.1992#6584457
Vladimir Zhirinovsky, leader of the Russian Liberal Democratic Party, at the Kurils Are Russia rally outside the Japanese Embassy in Moscow.10.09.1992#6584455
Picketing the Japanese Embassy in Moscow under the slogan "The Kuril Islands are Russia's territory".10.09.1992#3224819
Picketing the Japanese Embassy in Moscow under the slogan "The Kuril Islands are Russia's territory".10.09.1992#3224818
Picketing the Japanese Embassy in Moscow under the slogan "The Kuril Islands are Russia's territory".10.09.1992#3224816
Picketing the Japanese Embassy in Moscow under the slogan "The Kuril Islands are Russia's territory".10.09.1992#3216414
Picketing the Japanese Embassy in Moscow under the slogan "The Kuril Islands are Russia's territory".10.09.1992#3216413
Kuril Islands. On the right: Shikotan Island, also called Sikotan Island and the Island of Shpanberg. On the left: Lis'i (Todo) Islands and Shishka Island, also called Shashka and Kabuto.01.07.1992#465243
The 5th Extraordinary Congress of USSR People's Deputies was held on September 2-5, 1991 after the defeat of the State Committee for the State of Emergency. Discussions continue unabated in the conference hall.05.09.1991#6368242
The 5th Extraordinary Congress of USSR People's Deputies was held on September 2-5, 1991 after the defeat of the State Committee for the State of Emergency. Deputies near the entrance to the Kremlin Palace of Congresses.05.09.1991#6368241
Destroyed Israeli Army’s strong point where the Palestinian refugee camp Al-Shati is currently located. Gaza Strip.01.12.1990#671384
Patrice Lumumba Peoples' Friendship University (currently Peoples' Friendship University of Russia). A meeting of hte Africa discussion club.16.09.1990#6720254
