On February 24, the Spanish royal couple arrived to St. Petersburg to attend the opening ceremony of the Year of Spain in Russia. The leaders were accompanied by their wives - Svetlana Medvedev and Queen Sofia.
© RIA Novosti . Dmitriy Astakhov / Go to the mediabankOn February 24, the Spanish royal couple arrived to St. Petersburg to attend the opening ceremony of the Year of Spain in Russia.
The leaders were accompanied by their wives - Svetlana Medvedev and Queen Sofia.
The leaders were accompanied by their wives - Svetlana Medvedev and Queen Sofia.
On February 24, the Spanish royal couple arrived to St. Petersburg to attend the opening ceremony of the Year of Spain in Russia.
The leaders were accompanied by their wives - Svetlana Medvedev and Queen Sofia.
The leaders were accompanied by their wives - Svetlana Medvedev and Queen Sofia.
© RIA Novosti . Dmitriy Astakhov / Go to the mediabankOn February 25, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and King Juan Carlos I of Spain attended the formal inauguration ceremony of the Year of Spain in Russia in St. Petersburg's Hermitage museum.
On February 25, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and King Juan Carlos I of Spain attended the formal inauguration ceremony of the Year of Spain in Russia in St. Petersburg's Hermitage museum.
© RIA Novosti . Dmitriy Astakhov / Go to the mediabankAfter the ceremony, Dmitry Medvedev and Juan Carlos I visited an exhibition of works from Madrid's Prado Museum in the Hermitage.
After the ceremony, Dmitry Medvedev and Juan Carlos I visited an exhibition of works from Madrid's Prado Museum in the Hermitage.
© RIA Novosti . Dmitriy Astakhov / Go to the mediabankThe Prado Museum exhibition in the Nikolayevsky Hall features 66 paintings by El Greco, Murillo, Velazquez and Goya.
The Prado Museum exhibition in the Nikolayevsky Hall features 66 paintings by El Greco, Murillo, Velazquez and Goya.
© RIA Novosti . Dmitriy Astakhov / Go to the mediabankThe Russian first couple and the Spanish royal couple were accompanied by Hermitage chief Mikhail Piotrovsky and Prado director Miguel Zugaza.
The Russian first couple and the Spanish royal couple were accompanied by Hermitage chief Mikhail Piotrovsky and Prado director Miguel Zugaza.
© RIA Novosti . Dmitriy Astakhov / Go to the mediabankPhoto: February 25, 2011. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev visits the Prado Museum exhibition in St. Petersburg’s Hermitage.
Photo: February 25, 2011. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev visits the Prado Museum exhibition in St. Petersburg’s Hermitage.
© RIA Novosti . Mikhail Klementiev / Go to the mediabankSpanish Queen Sofia and Russian First Lady Svetlana Medvedev visited the State Russian Museum and the museum in the St. Petersburg apartment of famous Russian poet Alexander Pushkin.
Spanish Queen Sofia and Russian First Lady Svetlana Medvedev visited the State Russian Museum and the museum in the St. Petersburg apartment of famous Russian poet Alexander Pushkin.
© RIA Novosti . Mikhail Klementiev / Go to the mediabankFirst lady Svetlana Medvedev and Queen Sofia met at the luxurious Kempinski Hotel and dined in the hotel’s restaurant.
First lady Svetlana Medvedev and Queen Sofia met at the luxurious Kempinski Hotel and dined in the hotel’s restaurant.
© RIA Novosti . Mikhail Klementiev / Go to the mediabankPhoto: First lady Svetlana Medvedev and Queen Sofia in the State Russian Museum.
Photo: First lady Svetlana Medvedev and Queen Sofia in the State Russian Museum.
© RIA Novosti . Mikhail Klementiev / Go to the mediabankThe museum’s chief, Vladimir Gusev, showed them the museum’s collection.
The museum’s chief, Vladimir Gusev, showed them the museum’s collection.
© RIA Novosti . Mikhail Klementiev / Go to the mediabankPhoto: February 25, 2011. First lady Svetlana Medvedev and Queen Sofia visit the State Russian Museum.
Photo: February 25, 2011. First lady Svetlana Medvedev and Queen Sofia visit the State Russian Museum.
© RIA Novosti . Mikhail Klementiev / Go to the mediabankPhoto: February 25, 2011. First lady Svetlana Medvedev and Queen Sofia visit the State Russian Museum.
Photo: February 25, 2011. First lady Svetlana Medvedev and Queen Sofia visit the State Russian Museum.
© RIA Novosti . Mikhail Klementiev / Go to the mediabankFirst lady Svetlana Medvedev and Queen Sofia also visited a 19th-century apartment, where poet Alexander Pushkin lived from October 1836 until his death on February 10, 1837.
First lady Svetlana Medvedev and Queen Sofia also visited a 19th-century apartment, where poet Alexander Pushkin lived from October 1836 until his death on February 10, 1837.