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  • Anti-corruption rally Moscow
    Anti-corruption rally Moscow
    20 images
  • Arts
    Arts
    37 images
  • Battle of Borodino 1812-2012
    Battle of Borodino 1812-2012
    36 images
    Every year, thousands of enthusiasts get together to re-enact the battle of Borodino which took place on September 7, 1812, on the former battlefield near Borodino, 100 km West of Moscow, Russia. The battle of Borodino left Napoleon's French armies victorious, allowing them to continue their march towards Moscow and briefly occupy the city, before being forced to retreat from Russia.
  • Beslan
    Beslan
    53 images
    On the 1st of September, 2004 a group of heavily armed terrorists entered the premises of school No. 1 in Beslan, in Russia's North Caucasus republic of North Ossetia. The terrorists demanded a pull-out of Russian forces from the nearby republic of Chechnya. Over a thousand school children, teachers, relatives and friends were taken hostage in the school. Hundreds of hostages, including 186 children, died when Russian forces stormed the school on the 3rd of September. Altogether 334 people were killed during the three days of the hostage drama.
  • Bits of nature
    Bits of nature
    22 images
  • Chechnya
    Chechnya
    48 images
  • Chernobyl
    Chernobyl
    42 images
    Access to a large area surrounding the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, Ukraine, is restricted, and permanent residence in the area is formally prohibited. Still, following the 1986 disaster at the plant, many elderly people have chosen to return to their homes.
  • Cityscapes
    Cityscapes
    31 images
  • Dancing elderly
    Dancing elderly
    20 images
  • Dutch king in Kremlin
    Dutch king in Kremlin
    15 images
  • Free Theatre of Belarus
    Free Theatre of Belarus
    29 images
    The Free Theatre of Belarus enjoys world-wide fame, but in its home country it has been forced to go underground, giving secret performances in private homes. More than once, both actors and public have been arrested. Following the crackdown of a mass protest against election fraud in December 2010, the theatre's directors were forced to flee the country.
  • Georgia
    Georgia
    39 images
  • Grozny 2011
    Grozny 2011
    125 images
  • High society
    High society
    27 images
  • Home for the elderly
    Home for the elderly
    10 images
  • Human rights
    Human rights
    12 images
  • Immortal Regiment
    Immortal Regiment
    19 images
  • Kiev January 2014
    Kiev January 2014
    14 images
  • Kola peninsula tundra
    Kola peninsula tundra
    21 images
  • Kyrgyzstan
    Kyrgyzstan
    58 images
  • Leaders
    Leaders
    32 images
  • Navalny campaign
    Navalny campaign
    31 images
  • On trial
    On trial
    38 images
    In recent years, numerous court cases in Russia have made headlines all over the world, including those against former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky and the punk band Pussy Riot. Many of these trials are seen as political by human rights groups and the international community.
  • Osh
    Osh
    52 images
  • People various
    People various
    64 images
  • Religion
    Religion
    53 images
  • Remembering red terror
    Remembering red terror
    24 images
    Each year on the 30th of October, the millions of victims of political terror in the USSR are remembered near a monument opposite the headquarters of the Soviet and Russian secret services.
  • Russian march
    Russian march
    39 images
    Each year on the 4th of November Russian nationalist groups hold their 'Russian March'. Participants include moderate nationalists as well as openly neo-fascist and racist groups.
  • Rutte in Moscow
    Rutte in Moscow
    16 images
    In October 2011, Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte visited Russia, accompanied by a large delegation of business representatives. In Moscow Rutte met with president Dmitry Medvedev in the Kremlin, as well as with prime minister Vladimir Putin in his residence outside the Russian capital.
  • Rutte in St. Petersburg
    Rutte in St. Petersburg
    22 images
  • Siberia
    Siberia
    8 images
  • Spaceflight
    Spaceflight
    14 images
  • Toppers in Moscow
    Toppers in Moscow
    11 images
    Formed in 2005, the Dutch music group The Toppers represented The Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest, held in Moscow in 2009. With their song 'Shine' they did not manage to reach the final.
  • Victory Day
    Victory Day
    97 images
    Victory Day is one of the main holidays in Russia. On the 9th of May Russians celebrate the victory over Hitler germany in 1945. Usually there is a military parade in Red Square, but in Moscow the main events take place elsewhere, on the city's squares, where young and old Russians meet and congratulate the ever fewer remaining war veterans.
  • Waste sorting
    Waste sorting
    18 images