May 7, 2018. Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev with this wife Svetlana and Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia during President Vladimir Putin's inauguration ceremony, in the Kremlin.07.05.2018#5492068
During an unsanctioned rally held to support Article 31 of the Constitution at Triumfalnaya Square.31.10.2011#982242
Participants in the international conference Constitutional Control: Doctrine and Practice.28.10.2011#980561
Participants of the Day of Anger unauthorized rally held in Tverskaya Street, Moscow.28.06.2010#706440
Participants attending the Day of Wrath unauthorized rally on Moscow's Pushkinskaya Square.20.03.2010#603122
Participants attending the Day of Wrath unauthorized rally on Moscow's Pushkinskaya Square.20.03.2010#603120
Vladimir Rushailo, Secretary of the Russian Federation's Security Council, chairs a meeting of the Council's members.29.04.2003#6491404
Valentin Nikitin, Chair of the State Duma Commission to Facilitate a Political Settlement and Observance of Human Rights in the Chechen Republic, meets with representatives of Chechen young people, in the run-up to a reter4ndum on the republican constitution and elections of the Head of Chechnya, scheduled for March 23, 2003.16.01.2003#6470523
Valentin Nikitin, Chair of the State Duma Commission to Facilitate a Political Settlement and Observance of Human Rights in the Chechen Republic, meets with representatives of Chechen young people, in the run-up to a reter4ndum on the republican constitution and elections of the Head of Chechnya, scheduled for March 23, 2003.16.01.2003#6470522
The Russian State Duma of the third convocation. May 31, 2000. Russian Presidential Plenipotentiary Representative Alexander Kotenkov answers deputies' questions.31.05.2000#2793050
Replacing a campaign poster of the National Public-Political Movement Our Home is Russia with the portrait its leader Viktor Chernomyrdin on the eve of elections to the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the Third Convocation.17.12.1999#8471692
Moscow. The buildings of the Federation Council on Bolshaya Dmitrovka Street were built in 1983 to a design by architects I. A. Pokrovsky and Y. A. Sverdlovsky.17.05.1999#8889638
The presidential election in Russia, taking place simultaneously with the elections of the mayor of the city of Moscow on June 16, 1996.16.06.1996#8265598
The presidential election in Russia, taking place simultaneously with the elections of the mayor of the city of Moscow on June 16, 1996.16.06.1996#8265594
Mikhail Gorbachev campaigns for his election in the 1996 presidential election in Russia. Former president of the USSR running for Russia's president meets with workers of the Polyustrovo mineral water plant.01.03.1996#5851427
Mikhail Gorbachev campaigns for his election in the 1996 presidential election in Russia. Former president of the USSR running for Russia's president meets with workers of the Polyustrovo mineral water plant.01.03.1996#5851426
Mikhail Gorbachev campaigns for his election in the 1996 presidential election in Russia. Former president of the USSR running for Russia's president meets with workers of the Polyustrovo mineral water plant.01.03.1996#5851425
Mikhail Gorbachev campaigns for his election in the 1996 presidential election in Russia. Former president of the USSR running for Russia's president meets with workers of the Polyustrovo mineral water plant.01.03.1996#5851423
Mikhail Gorbachev campaigns for his election in the 1996 presidential election in Russia. Former president of the USSR declares his decision to run for Russia's president.01.03.1996#5851422
Mikhail Gorbachev campaigns for his election in the 1996 presidential election in Russia. Former president of the USSR running for Russia's president meets with workers of the Polyustrovo mineral water plant.01.03.1996#5851421
Elections to the second State Duma of the Russian Federation, December 17, 1995. Campaign board in support of the Russian political party Our Home is Russia, chaired by Russian Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin.17.12.1995#8264354
A poll station on the election day to the second State Duma of the Russian Federation, December 17, 1995.17.12.1995#8264353
Service personnel take part in elections to the State Duma of the Russian Federation.17.12.1995#8264352
Military personnel voting for the second State Duma of the Russian Federation, December 17, 1995.17.12.1995#8264351
The State Committee for State of Emergency case hearings at the Russian Supreme Court (April 14, 1993-May 6, 1994). The trial focused on the abortive August 1991 coup aiming to prevent the breakup of the Soviet Union and the signing of the Union Treaty. Photo: Anatoly Lukyanov, the last Speaker of the USSR Supreme Soviet (Parliament) until September 1991 who sided with the State Committee for the State of Emergency, before the courtroom battle.06.05.1994#6307981
The State Committee for State of Emergency case hearings at the Russian Supreme Court (April 14, 1993-May 6, 1994). The trial focused on the abortive August 1991 coup aiming to prevent the breakup of the Soviet Union and the signing of the Union Treaty. Photo: Former President of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev in the courtroom during the trial. Members of the State Committee for the State of Emergency opposed Gorbachev's perestroika policy.06.05.1994#6307978
Russian parliamentary elections and voting on the draft of the Constitution of the Russian Federation. A voting station.12.12.1993#5507418
Russian parliamentary elections and voting on the draft of the Constitution of the Russian Federation. A voting station and a card file for homeless people.12.12.1993#5507416
Russian parliamentary elections and voting on the draft of the Constitution of the Russian Federation. Voting at detention center No. 5 in St. Petersburg.12.12.1993#5507415
Russian parliamentary elections and voting on the draft of the Constitution of the Russian Federation. Voting at women's detention center No. 5 in St. Petersburg.12.12.1993#5507414
Russian parliamentary elections and voting on the draft of the Constitution of the Russian Federation. St. Petersburg Mayor Anatoly Sobchka during the voting.12.12.1993#5507412
The elections to the first State Duma of the Russian Federation and the Federation Council, as well as the adoption of Russia's new Constitution that provided for the Duma's formation took place on December 12, 1993. Voting at a polling station.12.12.1993#3124526
Elections to the first State Duma of the Russian Federation and the Federation Council and the adoption of the draft new Constitution of Russia, which instituted the Duma took place on December 12, 1993. A line by the Russian Embassy in Vilnius on the election day.12.12.1993#3114566
St. Petersburg. October 7, 1993. A meeting of supporters of the Supreme Soviet, of the RSFSR, abolished by Russian President's Executive Order, near the Smolny Institute building, on the day of national mourning for those killed on October 3 and 4 during developments in Moscow from September 21 through October 5, 1993..07.10.1993#8722112
The events of September 21 - October 5, 1993 in Moscow. The day of mourning for those perished during the October events in Moscow. The funeral of the police and special forces officers.07.10.1993#3114517
The events of September 21 - October 5, 1993 in Moscow. A room at the Supreme Soviet.07.10.1993#3114504
The events of September 21 - October 5, 1993 in Moscow. The ammunition discovered in the Supreme Soviet.07.10.1993#3114503
The developments of September 21 - October 5, 1993 in Moscow. A political conflict flared up between deputies of the Supreme Soviet (Parliament) of the RSFSR and the country's executive branch, headed by President Boris Yeltsin. This photo shows passersby among barricades on Novo-Arbatsky Bridge near Hotel Ukraina. On October 4, 1993, tanks from the Taman Division shelled the Russian House of Soviets from this bridge.06.10.1993#8722075
Events of September 21--October 5 in Moscow. On October 4 tanks began to shoot at the upper floors of the Supreme Soviet building (House of Soviets).04.10.1993#3114558
Events of September 21--October 5, 1993 in Moscow. On October 4 representatives of the Alpha task force joined negotiations with the leadership of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Federation and the opposition before the assault on the House of Soviets.04.10.1993#3114557
Events of September 21--October 5 in Moscow. Clashes between the demonstrators and militia took place during the rally of the Supreme Soviet supporters on October Square. Wounded militiaman.03.10.1993#3114556
The events of September 21 - October 5, 1993 in Moscow. A special forces armored personnel carrier at the cordon around the House of Soviets.03.10.1993#3114511
The events of September 21 - October 5, 1993 in Moscow. The barricades errected by the Supreme Soviet supporters at the House of Soviets.03.10.1993#3114510
The events of September 21 - October 5, 1993 in Moscow. The Supreme Soviet supporters clash with the OMON special forces at the House of Soviets on September 28.28.09.1993#3114516
The events of September 21 - October 5, 1993 in Moscow. The Supreme Soviet supporters clash with the OMON special forces at the House of Soviets on September 28.28.09.1993#3114515
The events of September 21 - October 5, 1993 in Moscow. The Supreme Soviet supporters clash with the OMON special forces at the House of Soviets on September 28.28.09.1993#3114514
Events of September 21 - October 5, 1993 in Moscow. A rally and procession along Tverskaya Street in support of Russian President Boris Yeltsin.26.09.1993#3114545
Events of September 21 - October 5, 1993 in Moscow. A rally in support of Russian President Boris Yeltsin on Manezhnaya Square.26.09.1993#3114544
Events of September 21 - October 5, 1993 in Moscow. A rally in support of Russian President Boris Yeltsin on Tverskaya Street.26.09.1993#3114543
Events of September 21 - October 5, 1993 in Moscow. A rally in support of Russian President Boris Yeltsin outside Mossovet Theatre on Tverskaya Street. Lev Ponomaryov is making a speech.26.09.1993#3114542
Events of September 21 - October 5, 1993 in Moscow. On September 26, a rally was held on Manezhnaya Square in support of Russian President Boris Yeltsin.26.09.1993#3114521
Events of September 21 - October 5, 1993 in Moscow. A rally in support of Russian President Boris Yeltsin outside Mossovet Theatre on Tverskaya Street.26.09.1993#3114520
The events of September 21 - October 5, 1993 in Moscow. A post of the Supreme Soviet supporters at the House of Soviets.26.09.1993#3114509
The events of September 21 - October 5, 1993 in Moscow. The Tenth Special Congress of the People's Deputies of Russia. Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of Russia Ruslan Khasbulatov chairs a Congress meeting by candlelight at the House of Soviets.23.09.1993#3114522
An oppositional rally at the VDNKh metro station in Moscow. The opposition supporters tried to picket the Ostankino TV Center, but were stopped by the police special forces.12.06.1993#3114472
An oppositional rally at the VDNKh metro station in Moscow. The opposition supporters tried to picket the Ostankino TV Center, but were stopped by the police special forces.12.06.1993#3114471
