A gallery of RIA Novosti’s best photographs of 2011.
A gallery of RIA Novosti’s best photographs of 2011. Photo: Rubble in the earthquake-devastated Japanese town of Minamisanriku, March 18, 2011.
Pontoons at the fish farm in Verkhny Tagil in Sverdlovsk Region, January 2011.
Celebrations in Volgograd marking 68 years since the Soviet victory in the Battle of Stalingrad, February 2, 2011.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev visits Kalmykia’s main Buddhist temple (or khurul), the Golden Abode of Buddha Shakyamuni, March 1, 2011.
Russian Emergencies Ministry firefighters and traffic police officers at the scene of a 45-vehicle pileup in St. Petersburg, March 24, 2011.
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia at the Sts. Cyril and Methodius Patriarchal Literary Awards ceremony at the Council Hall of the Christ the Savior Cathedral, May 26, 2011.
A man helps extinguish a fire at a local farm in the village of Novaya Melnitsa in Novgorod Region, June 7, 2011.
Nakhimov Naval School cadets attend celebrations for students graduating from military schools, St. Petersburg, June 18, 2011.
A T-90 tank crew during an exercise in the armor training area of the 19th Red Banner Voronezhsko-Shumlenskaya motorized infantry brigade’s firing range, North Ossetia, June 22, 2011.
A man jumps over the fire during Ivan Kupala festival celebrations at Lake Ilmen in Novgorod Region.
Pokrovsky Convent, located on Kamenka river in Suzdal, July 18, 2011.
Spectators attend the Baltic Fleet naval parade marking Russia’s Navy Day, Baltiysk, July 31, 2011.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin go fishing in Astrakhan Region, August 16, 2011.
Fireworks seen over Red Square at the 2011 Spasskaya Tower military music festival’s closing ceremony, September 4, 2011.
FC Lokomotiv Moscow fans attend the Russian Football Premier League’s 29th round match between Lokomotiv and Spartak Moscow, October 29, 2011.
