RIA Novosti presents its thematic collection of the most interesting pictures taken by the agency’s photographers throughout 2010 RIA Novosti Photo Gallery: Armed Forces and Weapons.
© RIA Novosti . Pavel Lisicin / Go to the mediabankA Russian paratrooper rehearses for the Collective Security Treaty Organization’s Interaction 2010 international military exercise on the Chebarkul range in the Russian Urals Region of Chelyabinsk.

A Russian paratrooper rehearses for the Collective Security Treaty Organization’s Interaction 2010 international military exercise on the Chebarkul range in the Russian Urals Region of Chelyabinsk.
© RIA Novosti . Andrey Rudakov / Go to the mediabankRussian Interior Ministry commandos practicing at the Sofrino range outside Moscow.

Russian Interior Ministry commandos practicing at the Sofrino range outside Moscow.
© RIA Novosti . Andrey Rudakov / Go to the mediabankRussian Interior Ministry commandos practicing at the Sofrino range outside Moscow.

Russian Interior Ministry commandos practicing at the Sofrino range outside Moscow.
© RIA Novosti . Andrey Stenin / Go to the mediabankA Russian serviceman at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization’s joint anti-terrorist exercise, Peace Mission 2010, on the Matybulak range, Kazakhstan.

A Russian serviceman at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization’s joint anti-terrorist exercise, Peace Mission 2010, on the Matybulak range, Kazakhstan.
© RIA Novosti . Olga Balashova / Go to the mediabankA column of tanks on the move during the Shanghai Cooperation Organization’s Peace Mission counter-terrorism exercise in Kazakhstan.

A column of tanks on the move during the Shanghai Cooperation Organization’s Peace Mission counter-terrorism exercise in Kazakhstan.
© RIA Novosti . Alexey Danichev / Go to the mediabankMembers of the pilot group ‘Rus’ execute an exhibition flight on L-39 planes at the InterAeroCom international commercial aviation and aeronautics show in St Petersburg in 2010.

Members of the pilot group ‘Rus’ execute an exhibition flight on L-39 planes at the InterAeroCom international commercial aviation and aeronautics show in St Petersburg in 2010.
© RIA Novosti . Alexey Kudenko / Go to the mediabankA T-90 tank shows off at a military parade on Ramenskoye airfield outside Moscow. The event, featuring various military vehicles, was staged as part of an international forum on technological innovations in mechanical engineering.

A T-90 tank shows off at a military parade on Ramenskoye airfield outside Moscow. The event, featuring various military vehicles, was staged as part of an international forum on technological innovations in mechanical engineering.
© RIA Novosti . Vladimir Vyatkin / Go to the mediabankService personnel take tests to qualify for the Interior Ministry reconnaissance green berets.

Service personnel take tests to qualify for the Interior Ministry reconnaissance green berets.
© RIA Novosti . Mikhail Fomichev / Go to the mediabankAn S-125 anti-missile system is tested in action at the Astrakhan Region’s Ashuluk range during an exercise of Russian air defense forces.

An S-125 anti-missile system is tested in action at the Astrakhan Region’s Ashuluk range during an exercise of Russian air defense forces.
© RIA Novosti . Pavel Lisicin / Go to the mediabankLand mines are set aside for scrap at the Chebarkul range in the Ural Region of Chelyabinsk.

Land mines are set aside for scrap at the Chebarkul range in the Ural Region of Chelyabinsk.
© RIA Novosti . Grigoriy Sysoew / Go to the mediabankA guard of honor practices onboard the nuclear-powered GM heavy cruiser Peter the Great, sailing in the Mediterranean.

A guard of honor practices onboard the nuclear-powered GM heavy cruiser Peter the Great, sailing in the Mediterranean.