(From left, foreground) Gazprom CEO Aleksei Miller and Azeri State Oil Company President Rovnag Abdullayev, (from left, background) presidents Dmitry Medvedev of Russia and Ilkham Aliyev of Azerbaijan signing documents on the results of Russian-Azeri talks.29.06.2009#407752
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
Moscow residents werlcome Russian servicemen who arrived back from East Germany due to the final withdrawal of the Western Group of Forces on August 30-31, 1994.04.09.1994#6315603
August 30-31, 1994. Withdrawing the Western Army Group from Germany. On those days, President of the Russian Federation Boris Yeltsin paid an official visit to the Federal Republic of Germany and attended a farewell parade in Treptow Park in Berlin. Photo: Russian service personnel leave East Germany.31.08.1994#6313186
The Western Group of Forces is withdrawn from Germany, August 30-31, 1994. Russian President Boris Yeltsin scheduled his visit for the date to take part in the farewell parade in Treptow Park in Berlin. Berlin's mayor Eberhard Diepgen makes a speech at Berlin railway station during the seeing-off of Russian servicemen.31.08.1994#6313185
August 30-31, 1994. Withdrawing the Western Army Group from Germany. On those days, President of the Russian Federation Boris Yeltsin paid an official visit to the Federal Republic of Germany and attended a farewell parade in Treptow Park in Berlin. Photo: Saying goodbye to Russian service personnel leaving East Germany.31.08.1994#6313178
August 30-31, 1994. Withdrawing the Western Army Group from Germany. On those days, President of the Russian Federation Boris Yeltsin paid an official visit to the Federal Republic of Germany and attended a farewell parade in Treptow Park in Berlin. Photo: Saying goodbye to Russian service personnel leaving East Germany.31.08.1994#6313177
August 30-31, 1994. Withdrawing the Western Army Group from Germany. On those days, President of the Russian Federation Boris Yeltsin paid an official visit to the Federal Republic of Germany and attended a farewell parade in Treptow Park in Berlin. Photo: Russian service personnel leave East Germany.31.08.1994#6312129
August 30-31, 1994. Withdrawing the Western Army Group from Germany. On those days, President of the Russian Federation Boris Yeltsin paid an official visit to the Federal Republic of Germany and attended a farewell parade in Treptow Park in Berlin. Photo:31.08.1994#6312126
August 30-31, 1994. Members of a Russian delegation pay an official visit to the Federal Republic of Germany and aattend a farewell parade in Treptow Park in Berlin to mark the complete withdrawal of the Western Army Group fromGermany. From right: Federal Chancellor of Germany Helmut Kohl and President of Russia Boris Yeltsin lay a wreath to a monument to a Soviet soldier-liberator.31.08.1994#6312123
August 30-31, 1994. Withdrawing the Western Army Group from Germany. On those days, President of the Russian Federation Boris Yeltsin paid an official visit to the Federal Republic of Germany and attended a farewell parade in Treptow Park in Berlin. Photo: Russian service personnel leave East Germany.31.08.1994#6312122
An official visit of the Russian delegation to the FRG to participate in the farewell parade in Treptower Park in Berlin, dedicated to the completion of the withdrawal of the Western Group of Forces from Germany (August 30-31, 1994).31.08.1994#8742214
Official visit to Russia by Romanian Prime Minister Nicolae Vacaroiu on September 27-29, 1993. Chairman of the Council of Ministers Viktor Chernomyrdin (right) and Nicolae Vacaroiu sign bilateral agreements on economic and cultural cooperation.29.09.1993#3114518
The visit by a Russian delegation to Canada, June 19-20, 1992. From left: Russian President Boris Yeltsin and Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney at the ceremony to sign Russian-Canadian joint agreements.19.06.1992#6550770
Russian President Boris Yelstin and President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev, right, sign a Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Kazakhstan, in the Kremlin.25.05.1992#3213643
Polish President Lech Walesa's official visit to Russia on May 21-22, 1992. Polish President Lech Walesa, left, and Russian President Boris Yeltsin, right, during the final meeting in the St. George Hall of the Kremlin.22.05.1992#3213652
Austrian Chancellor Franz Vranitzky visits Russia. Franz Vranitzky, right, meets with Russian Minister of Economy and Finance Yegor Gaidar, left, in the Kremlin. Center: Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Gennady Burbulis.02.04.1992#6396189
Austrian Chancellor Franz Vranitzky visits Russia. Russian Vice President Alexander Rutskoi, second right, meets with Franz Vranitzky, left, in the Kremlin.02.04.1992#6396180
President of Czechoslovakia Vaclav Havel visits Russia. Vaclav Havel, left, and Russian President Boris Yeltsin sign a treaty of friendship and cooperation. April 1, 1992. St. George's Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace.01.04.1992#6396214
President of Czechoslovakia Vaclav Havel visits Russia. Vaclav Havel, left, and Russian President Boris Yeltsin sign a treaty of friendship and cooperation. April 1, 1992. St. George's Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace.01.04.1992#6396187
Russia and Armenia sign a Treaty on Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Security. Russian President Boris Yeltsin, right, and Armenian President Levon Ter-Petrosyan are seen here at the signing.29.12.1991#3195245
Russia and Armenia sign a Treaty on Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Security. Left to right: Russian President Boris Yeltsin, Russian Foreign Minister Andrei Kozyrev and Armenian President Levon Ter-Petrosyan are seen here at the signing.29.12.1991#3195244
Signing the Alma-Aty Declaration on the Goals and Principles of the Commonwealth of Independent States. December 21, 1991. Journalists outside the meeting hall where the signing is taking place.21.12.1991#6383273
Novo-Ogaryovo, Moscow Region. 1991. Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev during a meeting with the heads of Soviet republics (Russia, Belorussia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, and Tajikistan) to discuss the draft agreement to create a Union of Sovereign States.25.11.1991#2867417
Novo-Ogaryovo, Moscow Region. 1991. Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev during a meeting with the heads of Soviet republics (Russia, Belorussia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, and Tajikistan) to discuss the draft agreement to create a Union of Sovereign States. A news conference following the meeting.25.11.1991#2867416
Novo-Ogaryovo, Moscow Region. 1991. Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev during a meeting with the heads of Soviet republics (Russia, Belorussia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, and Tajikistan) to discuss the draft agreement to create a Union of Sovereign States. A news conference following the meeting.25.11.1991#2867415
US President George Bush on an official visit to the USSR, July 29 - August 1, 1991. President Bush meets with Moscow's business community during a working breakfast.30.07.1991#6355192
US President George Bush on an official visit to the USSR, July 29 - August 1, 1991. Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev with First Lady Raisa and President Bush with First Lady Barabara visit a workshop pf the Soviet artist and sculptor Zurab Tsereteli, left.30.07.1991#6355190
US President George Bush on an official visit to the USSR, July 29 - August 1, 1991. First ladies Barbara Bush and Raisa Gorbachev seen here ahead of an official dinner in the Kremlin.30.07.1991#6355189
US President George Bush on an official visit to the USSR, July 29 - August 1, 1991. President Bush meets the faculty of Moscow State Institute of International Relations which he visited as part of his official visit.30.07.1991#6355188
US President George Bush on an official visit to the USSR, July 29 - August 1, 1991. Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev and President Bush with the first ladies seen here ahead of an official dinner in the Kremlin.30.07.1991#6355187
US President George Bush on an official visit to the USSR, July 29 - August 1, 1991. From left: President Bush and Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev with the first ladies meet in the Kremlin.30.07.1991#6355186
US President George Bush on an official visit to the USSR, July 29 - August 1, 1991. From left: President Bush and Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev with the first ladies meet in the Kremlin.30.07.1991#6355184
US President George Bush on an official visit to the USSR, July 29 - August 1, 1991. President Bush addresses the faculty and students of the Moscow State Institute of International Relations as part of his visit.30.07.1991#6355183
US President George Bush on an official visit to the USSR, July 29 - August 1, 1991. President Bush addresses Moscow's business community during a working breakfast.30.07.1991#6355181
US President George Bush on an official visit to the USSR, July 29 - August 1, 1991. From left: President Bush and Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev with the first ladies meet in the Kremlin.30.07.1991#6355179
US President George Bush on an official visit to the USSR, July 29 - August 1, 1991. From left: President Bush and Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev during a joint news conference.30.07.1991#6355178
US President George Bush on an official visit to the USSR, July 29 - August 1, 1991. President Bush lays flowers at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the Kremlin Wall in the Alexander Garden.30.07.1991#6355177
A visit by a Greek delegation to the USSR. Foreign Minister of the USSR Alexander Bessmertnykh, 2nd right, and Foreign Minister of Greece Antonis Samaras, left, sign the agreement on friendship, and cooperation in the presence of Prime Minister of Greece Konstantinos Mitsotakis, 2nd row 2nd left, and President of the USSR Mikhail Gorbachev, 2nd row 4th left.23.07.1991#8199983
A visit of the People's Republic of China delegation to the USSR, May 15-19, 1991. Prime Minister of hte USSR Valentin Pavlov, right, and leader of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China Jiang Zemin, second left, during their meeting.17.05.1991#6607525
A visit of the People's Republic of China delegation to the USSR, May 15-19, 1991. From right: Foreign Minister of the USSR Alexander Bessmertnykh and China's Foreign Minister Qian Qichen shake hands after signing the Agreement on Soviet-Chinese border in its Eastern Part. Attending the ceremony were also, from left: China's Defense Minister Qin Qiwei, Secretary General of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China Jiang Zemin, Vice President of the USSR Gennady Yanayev and USSR Defense Minister Dmitry Yazov.16.05.1991#6607526
A visit of the People's Republic of China delegation to the USSR, May 15-19,1991. Secretary General of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China Jiang Zemin, center, lays a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in the Alexander Garden.16.05.1991#6607523
A visit of the People's Republic of China delegation to the USSR, May 15-19, 1991. From left: Leader of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China Jiang Zemin, Vice President of the USSR Gennady Yanayev and President of the USSR Mikhail Gorbachev are seen here after signing the Agreement on Soviet-Chinese border in its Eastern Part.16.05.1991#6607522
A visit of the People's Republic of China delegation to the USSR, May 15-19, 1991. From right: First deputy secretary general of the CPSU Central Committee Vladimir Ivashko and leader of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China Jiang Zemin are seen here at Vnukovo airport.15.05.1991#6607520
A visit of the People's Republic of China delegation to the USSR, May 15-19,1991. President of the USSR Mikhail Gorbachev, second right, USSR Foreign Minister Alexander Bessmertnykh, right, and Secretary General of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China Jiang Zemin, second left, during talks in the Kremlin.15.05.1991#6607519
An extraordinary meeting of the political consultative committee of the Warsaw Treaty Organization held in Budapest, Hungary. The committee members discuss disbanding the organization's military structures.25.02.1991#8148898
US President George H.W. Bush pays an official visit to the Soviet Union (July 29 - August 1, 1991). Front from left: US President George H.W. Bush and USSR President Mikhail Gorbachev during a joint news conference in Moscow.01.02.1991#6356725
Mikhail Gorbachev, Secretary General of the CPSU Central Committee and President of the USSR, and Felipe Gonsalez, Spanish Prime Minister, signing Soviet-Spanish documents. Madrid, October 1990.01.10.1990#419058
Larisa Yanchik, Chief Expert, Directorate of International Ties, the USSR State Committee on Nature Conservation.15.09.1990#6651131
The Treaty on the Final Settlement With Respect to Germany (Two Plus Four Agreement), concluded between the German Democratic Republic and the Federal Republic of Germany, and France, the Soviet Union, Great Britain and the USA in Moscow on September 12, 1990. Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Germany Hans-Dietrich Genscher during the ceremony to sign the agreement which allowed the reunification of Germany.12.09.1990#8214906
The Treaty on the Final Settlement With Respect to Germany (Two Plus Four Agreement), concluded between the German Democratic Republic and the Federal Republic of Germany, and France, the Soviet Union, Great Britain and the USA in Moscow on September 12, 1990. French Foreign Minister Roland Dumas, left, during the ceremony to sign the agreement which allowed the reunification of Germany.12.09.1990#8214901
The Treaty on the Final Settlement With Respect to Germany (Two Plus Four Agreement), concluded between the German Democratic Republic and the Federal Republic of Germany, and France, the Soviet Union, Great Britain and the USA in Moscow on September 12, 1990. Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze, right, during the ceremony to sign the agreement which allowed the reunification of Germany.12.09.1990#8214900
The Treaty on the Final Settlement With Respect to Germany (Two Plus Four Agreement), concluded between the German Democratic Republic and the Federal Republic of Germany, and France, the Soviet Union, Great Britain and the USA in Moscow on September 12, 1990. French Foreign Minister Roland Dumas, left, during the ceremony to sign the agreement which allowed the reunification of Germany.12.09.1990#8214899
The Treaty on the Final Settlement With Respect to Germany (Two Plus Four Agreement), concluded between the German Democratic Republic and the Federal Republic of Germany, and France, the Soviet Union, Great Britain and the USA in Moscow on September 12, 1990. British Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd, right, during the ceremony to sign the agreement which allowed the reunification of Germany.12.09.1990#8214713
The Treaty on the Final Settlement With Respect to Germany (Two Plus Four Agreement), concluded between the German Democratic Republic and the Federal Republic of Germany, and France, the Soviet Union, Great Britain and the USA in Moscow on September 12, 1990. US secretary of State James Baker during the ceremony to sign the agreement which allowed the reunification of Germany.12.09.1990#8214712
On September 12, 1990, the German Democratic Republic and the Federal Republic of Germany, France, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom and the United States signed the Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany, also known as the Two Plus Four Agreement, in Moscow. Photo: Lothar de Maiziere, Chairman of the Council of Ministers (Government) of the German Democratic Republic, signs the document on the reunification of both German states.12.09.1990#8214703
A British delegation visits the Soviet Union. UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and Chair of the USSR Council of Ministers Nikolai Ryzhkov after the signing of cooperation documents.08.06.1990#8314450
The withdrawal of Soviet troops from the territory of Czechoslovakia (February 26, 1990 - June 30, 1991), which stayed there since 1968. Military personnel and their families will live in new apartments.20.03.1990#6676790
The withdrawal of Soviet troops from the territory of Czechoslovakia (February 26, 1990 - June 30, 1991), which stayed there since 1968. These officer wives were lucky: they got new housing at once.20.03.1990#6676789
The withdrawal of Soviet troops from the territory of Czechoslovakia (February 26, 1990 - June 30, 1991), which stayed there since 1968. Constructing seven buildings with 100-144 flats each for military personnel and their families.20.03.1990#6676785
