Russian President Dmitry Medvedev addressed the nation on Wednesday about his plans to confront possible threats from the United States and NATO’s European missile defense project; the State Duma held its last session before December 4 parliamentary elections and late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi son Saif al-Islam was arrested.
© RIA Novosti . Ekaterina Shtukina / Go to the mediabankOn November 24, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev danced together with some local children at a studio in the northwest city of Petrozavodsk.

On November 24, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev danced together with some local children at a studio in the northwest city of Petrozavodsk.
© RIA Novosti . Mikhail Klimentyev / Go to the mediabankRussian President Dmitry Medvedev addressed the nation on Wednesday about his plans to confront possible threats from the United States and NATO’s European missile defense project.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev addressed the nation on Wednesday about his plans to confront possible threats from the United States and NATO’s European missile defense project.
© RIA Novosti . Grigoriy Sysoev / Go to the mediabankThe State Duma on November 23 held its last plenary session before the parliamentary elections that will run on December 4.

The State Duma on November 23 held its last plenary session before the parliamentary elections that will run on December 4.
© RIA Novosti . Sergei PiatakovThousands of people had been lining up outside downtown Moscow’s Christ the Savior cathedral through the week to see a belt believed to have belonged to the Virgin Mary.

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Thousands of people had been lining up outside downtown Moscow’s Christ the Savior cathedral through the week to see a belt believed to have belonged to the Virgin Mary.
© RIA Novosti . Ekaterina Shtukina / Go to the mediabankKirill I, Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia, celebrated his 65th birthday on November 20.

Kirill I, Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia, celebrated his 65th birthday on November 20.