Head of the Executive Committee of The Other Russia opposition party Eduard Limonov was released from the detention ward on Simferopolsky Bulvar in Moscow after a ten-day arrest for staging an unauthorized rally at Triumfalnaya Ploshchad on October 31, the so-called day of dissent.22.11.2009#510105
Head of the Executive Committee of The Other Russia opposition party Eduard Limonov was released from the detention ward on Simferopolsky Bulvar in Moscow after a ten-day arrest for staging an unauthorized rally at Triumfalnaya Ploshchad on October 31, the so-called day of dissent.22.11.2009#510110
Head of the Executive Committee of The Other Russia opposition party Eduard Limonov was released from the detention ward on Simferopolsky Bulvar in Moscow after a ten-day arrest for staging an unauthorized rally at Triumfalnaya Ploshchad on October 31, the so-called day of dissent.22.11.2009#510109
Head of the Executive Committee of The Other Russia opposition party Eduard Limonov was released from the detention ward on Simferopolsky Bulvar in Moscow after a ten-day arrest for staging an unauthorized rally at Triumfalnaya Ploshchad on October 31, the so-called day of dissent.22.11.2009#510108
Head of the Executive Committee of The Other Russia opposition party Eduard Limonov was released from the detention ward on Simferopolsky Bulvar in Moscow after a ten-day arrest for staging an unauthorized rally at Triumfalnaya Ploshchad on October 31, the so-called day of dissent.22.11.2009#510107
Head of the Executive Committee of The Other Russia opposition party Eduard Limonov was released from the detention ward on Simferopolsky Bulvar in Moscow after a ten-day arrest for staging an unauthorized rally at Triumfalnaya Ploshchad on October 31, the so-called day of dissent.22.11.2009#510106
Head of the Executive Committee of The Other Russia opposition party Eduard Limonov was released from the detention ward on Simferopolsky Bulvar in Moscow after a ten-day arrest for staging an unauthorized rally at Triumfalnaya Ploshchad on October 31, the so-called day of dissent.22.11.2009#510124
Valeria Novodvorskaya, the leader of the Democratic Union, during a rally near the metro station Chistye Prudy in Moscow on the Day of Political Repression Victims.30.10.2009#491637
Lyudmila Alexeyeva, the Chairperson of the Moscow Helsinki Group, during a rally near the metro station Chistye Prudy in Moscow on the Day of Political Repression Victims.30.10.2009#491639
Valeria Novodvorskaya, the leader of the Democratic Union, during a rally near the metro station Chistye Prudy in Moscow on the Day of Political Repression Victims.30.10.2009#491638
An activist of the pro-Kremlin Young Russia movement during the first rally of the opposition Solidarnost [Solidarity] movement, near the monument to Alexander Griboyedov on Chistoprudny Boulevard.21.02.2009#375544
Election of the President of the Russian Federation. March 14, 2004. Presidential candidate from the Liberal Democratic Party (LDPR) of Russia Oleg Malyshkin, background, and LDPR leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky at a voting station in Moscow.14.03.2004#2788785
Members of the Russian State Duma approved the candidacy of Mikhail Fradkov as Prime Minister. Addressing deputies, Mikhail Fradkov said that the new Government would prioritize efforts to improve popular living standards and to facilitate stability and economic growth.05.03.2004#9062764
Members of the Russian State Duma approving the candidacy of Mikhail Fradkov as Prime Minister.05.03.2004#9062754
The first meeting of the Russian State Duma of the Fourth Convocation. From left: Chairman of the Central Election Commission Alexander Vishnyakov and Chair of the Committee on Agrarian Issues Gennady Kulik in the conference hall.26.01.2004#9062752
Man of the Year 2003 national awards ceremony, set up by the Russian Biographical Institute, held at the Hall of Church Assemblies of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior. Chairman of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly Sergei Mironov, left, - a winner in the nomination, State and Political Actvity.02.12.2003#6495018
Man of the Year 2003 national awards ceremony, set up by the Russian Biographical Institute, held at the Hall of Church Assemblies of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior. Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation Vladimir Ustinov, left, presented with the award for consolidating law order and legitimacy. The official delivers an acceptance speech,02.12.2003#6495010
Russian State Duma deputies: People's Artist of the USSR, singer Iosif Kobzon, center, and film director Stanislav Govorukhin, left, before a plenary session.28.11.2003#6495022
Chairman of the Russian Federation Council of the Federal Assembly Sergei Mironov during a break in the autumn session's final meeting of the Third Convocation State Duma.28.11.2003#6495015
A roundtable meeting on human rights and democracy in Russia ten years since the dissolution of the Russian Supreme Council, at the Central House of Journalists.03.10.2003#6494760
The first meeting of State Duma of Third Convocation. Left: Chair of the State Duma Committee on Loan Agencies and Financial Markets, Valery Zubov.14.05.2003#9062751
Reproduction of "Portrait of Josef Stalin" painting by artist B. Karpov from the Great Soviet Encyclopedia of 1947.01.01.2002#595968
Portrait reproduction of Josef Stalin (1879-1953) from the Great Soviet Encyclopedia of 1947.01.01.2002#595967
Portrait reproduction of Josef Stalin (1879-1953) from the Great Soviet Encyclopedia of 1947.01.01.2002#595966
President of Russia Vladimir Putin met with representatives of large Russian businesses at the Kremlin.14.07.2001#8901460
A working meeting between the Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chairman of the State Duma Committee in Foreign Affairs (right) held in Kremlin.07.06.2001#3255635
The lower house of the Russian Federal Assembly. February 2000. State Duma plenary meeting in the conference room.16.02.2000#2699657
The lower house of the Russian Federal Assembly. The first plenary meting of the third Russian State Duma. Alexandra Buratayeva from Unity and Gennady Seleznyov from the Communist Party are speaking.18.01.2000#2699656
The lower house of the Russian Federal Assembly. The first plenary meting of the third Russian State Duma. Members of the Union of Right Forces Parliamentary Party during consultations: Sergei Kiriyenko, Boris Nemtsov, Irina Khakamada.18.01.2000#2699653
The lower house of the Russian Federal Assembly. The first plenary meting of the third Russian State Duma. Members of the Yabloko, Union of Right Forces, Russian Regions, and Motherland-All Russia walked out of the conference room protesting decisions on the election of the next house speaker and committee members.18.01.2000#2699652
The lower house of the Russian Federal Assembly. The first plenary meting of the third Russian State Duma. Members of the Union of Right Forces Parliamentary Party during consultations: Sergei Kiriyenko, Grigory Tomchin, Boris Nemtsov, Irina Khakamada.18.01.2000#2699651
St. Petersburg Governor Vladimir Yakovlev speaks at a constituent conference of the Fatherland - All Russia election bloc.28.08.1999#8891625
Yegor Stroyev, Speaker of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, and prominent Russian writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn.16.05.1999#8889642
Moscow, October 7, 1998. People take part in a nationwide protest demanding the resignation of President of the Russian Federation Boris Yeltsin. Chairman of the Federation of Independent Trade Unions Mikhail Shmakov, right, and the Communists organized the protest.07.10.1998#8470467
Moscow, October 7, 1998. People take part in a nationwide protest demanding the resignation of President of the Russian Federation Boris Yeltsin. The Federation of Independent Trade Unions and the Communists organized the protest.07.10.1998#8470466
Students and teachers of Moscow universities during a peaceful procession staged on Novy Arbat Street to protest against higher education reforms.20.05.1998#8469975
Students and teachers of Moscow universities during a peaceful procession staged on Novy Arbat Street to protest against higher education reforms.20.05.1998#8469974
Students and teachers of Moscow universities during a peaceful procession staged on Novy Arbat Street to protest against higher education reforms.20.05.1998#8469973
Students and teachers of Moscow universities during a peaceful procession staged on Novy Arbat Street to protest against higher education reforms.20.05.1998#8469972
Soviet surgeon, Professor Galina Chesnokova who was involved in the unsuccessful cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin in 1953 is seen here walking with her daughter in central Moscow.01.02.1998#8475300
June 3-13, 1997. The 8th Open Russian Film Festival Kinotavr in Sochi. Alexander Korzhakov, Deputy of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly (Parliament) of the Russian Federation, at a press conference on opening the Festival at Hotel Zhemchuzhina (Pearl).03.06.1997#8468975
Aslan Maskhadov, a presidential candidate in the self-proclaimed Chechen Republic Ichkeria.20.11.1996#6328902
Aslan Maskhadov, a presidential candidate in the self-proclaimed Chechen Republic Ichkeria.20.11.1996#6328901
Vladimir Zhirinovsky, leader of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia in the State Duma, on the set of the movie Ship Full of Doubles, directed by Valery Komissarov.20.11.1996#6327328
Gennady Zyuganov, Chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, conducts a working visit to Russian cities.20.05.1996#6396491
Gennady Zyuganov, Chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (KPRF), at a meeting with the Kaluga Region government.08.10.1995#6389069
President of the Moscow Space Club Sergei Zhukov and First Vice President of the Russian Institute V.Dyomin.01.09.1994#5504205
Andrei Kortunov, Department Head at the Institute of US and Canadian Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences.01.06.1994#8273225
On February 6, 1994, former leaders of defenders of the Russian Supreme Soviet (Parliament) Building that was shelled by tanks on October 4, 1993 on orders from Russian President Boris Yeltsin. Photo: Russian Vice President Alexander Rutskoi leaves Lefortovo prison in the company of his family and friends.26.02.1994#6299290
Liberal Democratic Party leader and State Duma Deputy Vladimir Zhirinovsky with journalists.14.02.1994#5633554
Presenting a new French perfume called Tendre Poison from the Christian Dior House of Fashion. Guests include State Duma Deputy Irina Hakamada, third right, the leader of the Economic Freedom Party.10.02.1994#6300785
The domestic conflict in the Russian Federation (September 21-October 4, 1993), namely, the disbanding of the Congress of People's Deputies and the Russian Supreme Soviet (Parliament). Photo: Acting President of the Russian Federation and Russian Vice President Alexander Rutskoi.04.10.1993#6293680
British Defense Minister Malcolm Rifkind, who arrived in Russia on an official visit, and Commander of the Airborne Forces, Colonel-General Yevgeny Podkolzin, during a visit to the Guards Tula Airborne Division.25.09.1993#8262559
Second right: British Defense Minister Malcolm Rifkind, who arrived in Russia on an official visit, watches a show by the paratroopers of the Guards Tula Airborne Division.25.09.1993#8262555
A rally by the Labor Moscow movement on the anniversary of the 1991 August Coup. Participants march on Novy Arbat.20.08.1993#6418136