French fashion designer Pierre Cardin at a news conference at the Izvestia newspaper's editorial office.22.10.2003#6494865
Handing over 109 icons illegally exported from Russia and returned from Italy. Attendees, from left: Mario Bondioli Osio, Director of the Italian Interministerial Commission on Returning Stolen Works of Art, General Vincenzo Basso, Commander of the Special Divisions of the Italian Financial Guard, Ugo Gottini Commander of the Department for Protection of Cultural Heritage of the Italian Police, and Russian Minister of Culture Mikhail Shvydkoi.17.06.2003#6494399
A the 24th International Film Festival in Moscow, Austrian actor Klaus Maria Brandauer presented "Jedermann's Fest" by Fritz Lehner.28.06.2002#348482
President of the Moscow International Film Festival and Chairman of the Russian Union of Film-Makers Nikita Mikhalkov during the opening ceremony in the Pushkinsky cinema and concert hall.21.06.2002#348496
Russian First Lady Lyumila Putina, second left, during an unofficial visit to Poland on the invitation of Polish First Lady Jolanta Kwaśniewska, third left, at the Chopin Society in Warsaw.11.03.2002#372784
Moscow Fashion Week (November 22-26, 1996). Fashion show by the Roccobarocco Italian fashion house at the Rossiya Concert Hall.26.11.1997#8272857
Moscow Fashion Week (November 22-26, 1996). Fashion show by the Roccobarocco Italian fashion house at the Rossiya Concert Hall.26.11.1997#8272856
Peter the Great's House in Zaandam where he stayed in 1697 during his visit to Holland with the Grand Embassy.10.10.1996#6418558
A dance from the Rtusamhara ballet based on Indian poet Kalidasa's poem. Indian Culture Days in Russia at the Moscow Variety Theater.28.09.1996#8269018
Tala Vadya Kacheri band performs during the Indian Culture Days in Russia at the Moscow Variety Theater.28.09.1996#8269017
Russian Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin, left, during the address made by Indian politician and Human Resource Development Minister Somappa Rayappa Bommai at the opening of the Days of Indian Culture in Russia at the State Academic Maly Theater in Moscow.01.08.1996#8468669
Alvin Lee, British guitarist, singer and founder of the blues rock band Ten Years After, performs at Moscow Youth Palace.24.03.1995#6326190
Russian President Boris Yeltsin, 2nd right, meets with foreign journalists at the Moscow Kremlin. Right: Russian Presidential Press Secretary Vyacheslav Kostikov.16.03.1995#6326195
Foreign journalists during their meeting with Russian President Boris Yeltsin at the Moscow Kremlin.16.03.1995#6326194
A visit by an Indian delegation led by Prime Minister of India P. V. Narasimha Rao to Russia, June 15-19, 1994. Russian First Lady Naina Yeltsina, left, shows the guests around the Grand Kremlin Palace and tells them about exhibit items.16.06.1994#6307200
A visit by an Indian delegation led by Prime Minister of India P. V. Narasimha Rao to Russia, June 15-19, 1994. Russian First Lady Naina Yeltsina, left, during her meeting with the Indian Prime Minister's wife and daughter.16.06.1994#6307199
A visit by an Indian delegation led by Prime Minister of India P. V. Narasimha Rao to Russia, June 15-19, 1994. Russian First Lady Naina Yeltsina shows the guests around the Grand Kremlin Palace.16.06.1994#6307195
A visit by an Indian delegation led by Prime Minister of India P. V. Narasimha Rao to Russia, June 15-19, 1994. Russian President Boris Yeltsin, center, meets with Minister of India P. V. Narasimha Rao, left, at the Moscow Kremlin.15.06.1994#6307197
A visit by a representative delegation of Lebanese businessmen to Russia at the invitation of Chair of the Russian Center for International Cooperation in Culture and Science, Valentina Tereshkova, right. Members of the delegation tour Star City in the Moscow Region.23.04.1994#8742169
Right: German director Peter Stein, who arrived in Russia to direct The Oresteia by Aeschylus, visits Leo Tolstoy's Memorial Museum and Reserve in Yasnaya Polyana.16.01.1994#8264810
Third left: German director Peter Stein, who arrived in Russia to direct The Oresteia by Aeschylus, visits Anton Chekhov's Memorial Museum and Reserve in Melikhovo.14.01.1994#8264814
German director Peter Stein, who arrived in Russia to direct The Oresteia by Aeschylus, visits Konstantin Stanislavsky's House and Museum in Moscow.14.01.1994#8264809
Michael Jackson fans watching the American pop icon performing at Moscow's Luzhniki Stadium in 1993.15.09.1993#406993
Popular French actors visit Russia. French actor Pierre Richard at a meeting with students of the Gerasimov Russian Institute of Cinematography.09.02.1993#6598648
Center: Veronica Castro, Mexican actress and singer starring in Los ricos también lloran, meets with fans at the House of Cinema.16.09.1992#6550984
Veronica Castro, Mexican actress and singer starring in Los ricos también lloran, meets with fans at the House of Cinema. Meeting host: television journalist Dmitry Krylov.16.09.1992#6550977
Distinguished Artist of Russia Natalya Gvozdikova, left, presents a Pavlovsky Posad shawl to Veronica Castro, Mexican actress and singer starring in Los ricos también lloran, second left, during a meeting with fans at the House of Cinema.05.08.1992#6550975
Veronica Castro, Mexican actress and singer starring in Los ricos también lloran, meets with fans at the House of Cinema.05.08.1992#6550974
American jazz vibraphonist Gary Burton, right, and Zhanna Braminskaya after performing with Soviet musicians at Moscow House of Composers.12.10.1991#8280417
American jazz vibraphonist Gary Burton, left, and Soviet musicians, double bass player Anatoly Sobolev and saxophonist Sergei Gurbeloshvili, perform live at Moscow House of Composers.12.10.1991#8280414
Stallone Rockets, a women's wrestling show in Moscow organized by Jackie Stallone, CEO of Jacqueline Stallone Enterprises and American actor Sylvester Stallone's mother.24.09.1991#8601187
Stallone Rockets, a women's wrestling show in Moscow organized by Jackie Stallone, CEO of Jacqueline Stallone Enterprises and American actor Sylvester Stallone's mother.24.09.1991#8601186
Stallone Rockets Show, a women's wrestling show in Moscow. Jacqueline Stallone, CEO of Jacqueline Stallone Enterprises, organizer of the show and mother of American actor Sylvester Stallone, is greeted with bread and salt.24.09.1991#8280277
Stallone Rockets Show, a women's wrestling show in Moscow. Jacqueline Stallone, CEO of Jacqueline Stallone Enterprises, organizer of the show and mother of American actor Sylvester Stallone.24.09.1991#8280274
Board Chairman of Novosti Information Agency (now Rossiya Segodnya International Information Agency) Albert Vlasov, 2nd right, and the publisher and editor-in-chief of the Indonesian newspaper Suara Merdeka B.M.Diah, left, during their meeting.15.07.1991#6612380
Board Chairman of Novosti Information Agency (now Rossiya Segodnya International Information Agency) Albert Vlasov, 2nd right, and the publisher and editor-in-chief of the Indonesian newspaper Suara Merdeka B.M.Diah, center, during their meeting.15.07.1991#6612379
From right: Board Chairman of Novosti Information Agency (now Rossiya Segodnya International Information Agency) Albert Vlasov greets the publisher and editor-in-chief of the Indonesian newspaper Suara Merdeka B.M.Diah.15.07.1991#6612373
French designer Pierre Cardin's fashion show, Forty Years in Fashion, on Red Square in Moscow30.06.1991#8197771
A Russian non-professional band during a rehearsal at the Soviet Cultural Center of the Union of Soviet Friendship Societies and Cultural Ties with Foreign Countries in Lusaka, Republic of Zambia.16.05.1991#6608351
Performers from the Tajik SSR during the Altyn Alma International Music Festival at Medeu Stadium in Kazakhstan.02.03.1991#8227568
Performers from Yemen during the Altyn Alma International Music Festival at Medeu Stadium in Kazakhstan.02.03.1991#8227566
A member of a pop band from Vietnam during the Altyn Alma International Music Festival at Medeu Stadium in Kazakhstan.02.03.1991#8227564
Namjilyn Norovbanzad, member of the Song and Dance Ensemble of the Mongolian People's Republic, performs during the Altyn Alma International Music Festival at Medeu Stadium in Kazakhstan.02.03.1991#8227563
A performance takes place during the Altyn Alma International Music Festival at Medeu Stadium in Kazakhstan.02.03.1991#8227560
Performers from Aden, Yemen, during the Altyn Alma International Music Festival at Medeu Stadium in Kazakhstan.02.03.1991#8227559
A performer from the Tajik SSR during the Altyn Alma International Music Festival at Medeu Stadium in Kazakhstan.02.03.1991#8227558
A singer performs during the Altyn Alma International Music Festival at Medeu Stadium in Kazakhstan.02.03.1991#8227557
Namjilyn Norovbanzad, member of the Song and Dance Ensemble of the Mongolian People's Republic, performs during the Altyn Alma International Music Festival at Medeu Stadium in Kazakhstan.02.03.1991#8227556