RIA Novosti presents its thematic collection of the most interesting pictures taken by the agency’s photographers throughout 2010 RIA Novosti Photo Gallery: Moscow.
© RIA Novosti . Konstantin Chalabov / Go to the mediabankTraffic jam near Smolenskaya Square on Garden Ring road
Traffic jam near Smolenskaya Square on Garden Ring road
© RIA Novosti . Andrey Rudakov / Go to the mediabankThe letter “M” marks the entrance to the Okhotny Ryad metro station.
The letter “M” marks the entrance to the Okhotny Ryad metro station.
© RIA Novosti . Mikhail Fomichev / Go to the mediabankCross on the Kremlin’s Ivan the Great belfry as smog from wildfires shrouds the city.
Cross on the Kremlin’s Ivan the Great belfry as smog from wildfires shrouds the city.
© RIA Novosti . Vladimir Vyatkin / Go to the mediabank A star on the top of a Kremlin tower and the cross on the dome of St Basil’s Cathedral on Red Square
A star on the top of a Kremlin tower and the cross on the dome of St Basil’s Cathedral on Red Square
© RIA Novosti . Andrey Rudakov / Go to the mediabank Dress rehearsal before an international military band festival on Red Square
Dress rehearsal before an international military band festival on Red Square
© RIA Novosti . Mikhail Fomichev / Go to the mediabank A man walks through central Moscow in a gas mask to protect himself from smog caused by wildfires outside the city.
A man walks through central Moscow in a gas mask to protect himself from smog caused by wildfires outside the city.
© RIA Novosti . Vladimir Vyatkin / Go to the mediabankMuscovites cool off on Manezh Square during the summer heat wave.
Muscovites cool off on Manezh Square during the summer heat wave.
© RIA Novosti . Iliya Pitalev / Go to the mediabankDancing on the Puskhin Embankment of the Moskva River
Dancing on the Puskhin Embankment of the Moskva River
© RIA Novosti . Vitaliy Belousov / Go to the mediabank Graffiti artists spray-paint a map of Russia outside Moscow’s School of Geodesy and Cartography
Graffiti artists spray-paint a map of Russia outside Moscow’s School of Geodesy and Cartography
© RIA Novosti . Konstantin Chalabov / Go to the mediabank Young people caught in the rain on Patriarshy Bridge in central Moscow.
Young people caught in the rain on Patriarshy Bridge in central Moscow.
© RIA Novosti . Pavel Lisizin / Go to the mediabank Su-27 and MiG-29 fighter jets fly over the monument to the poet Alexander Pushkin on Moscow’s Tverskaya Street during a rehearsal for the Victory Day parade.
Su-27 and MiG-29 fighter jets fly over the monument to the poet Alexander Pushkin on Moscow’s Tverskaya Street during a rehearsal for the Victory Day parade.
© RIA Novosti . Pavel Lisizin / Go to the mediabank Mi-28 helicopters fly over the monument to the poet Alexander Pushkin on Moscow’s Tverskaya Street
Mi-28 helicopters fly over the monument to the poet Alexander Pushkin on Moscow’s Tverskaya Street
Balloons for the May Day celebrations