RIA Novosti presents its thematic collection of the most interesting pictures taken by the agency’s photographers throughout 2010 RIA Novosti Photo Gallery: Animals.
Horses in the Mikhailovskoye estate, in the northwestern Russian region of Pskov
Haze in the estuary of the Svir River, near St Petersburg
Horses grazing outside Sayanogorsk, in Siberia
Cows at the Novorogalyovskoye dairy farm, run by the Siberian Agrarian Holding
An orangutan ape at Moscow Zoo
Pelicans at Moscow Zoo
A sparrow drinking water to cool itself in Moscow’s summer heat wave
A Persian cat at an international feline show in Stavropol
A bear cub in the zoological area of Moscow’s Victory Park
An African ostrich at Nizhny Novgorod Zoo
