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  • Moscow, Russia, 1994..Funeral of militia officer killed in gang-land style shoot out.
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  • Moscow, Russia, 12/07/2004..Militia move supporters of former Yukos CEO Mikhail Khodorkovsky and business associate Platon Lebedev outside court where they face charges of fraud, embezzlement and tax evasion.
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  • Moscow, Russia, 06/10/1993..Families mourn a pro-Government militia officer killed in fighting near the Russian Parliament. When President Boris Yeltsin dissolved the opposition-dominated Russian Parliament,  deputies and supporters, led by Vice President Alexander Rutskoi, barricaded themselves inside the White House. After a 10 day stand-off the situation exploded into violence between pro and anti Yeltsin forces.
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  • Moscow, Russia, 04/10/1993..A doctor treats a pro-Government militia officer shot in the chest as pro-government forces storm the rebel's headquarters. When President Boris Yeltsin dissolved the opposition-dominated Russian Parliament,  deputies and supporters, led by Vice President Alexander Rutskoi, barricaded themselves inside the White House. After a 10 day stand-off the situation exploded into violence between pro and anti Yeltsin forces.
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  • Moscow, Russia, 03/10/1993..A pro-government militia officer on guard near a statue of Lenin after President Boris Yeltsin dissolved the opposition-dominated Russian Parliament.  The rebel Communist and nationalist deputies, led by Vice-President Alexander Rutskoi, then barricaded themselves inside parliament building..
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  • Moscow, Russia 18//05/2007..Hardline Russian nationalist politician and leader of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia Vladimir Zhironovsky  autographs a militia officer's documents while distributing party literature and DVDs on Red Square.
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  • Moscow, Russia, 16/05/2008..Major-General Vyacheslav Kozlov, Deputy Chief of Moscow Militia, and in charge of policing arrangements for the forthcoming European Champions  League final between Manchester United and Chelsea.
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  • Moscow, Russia, 16/05/2008..Major-General Vyacheslav Kozlov, Deputy Chief of Moscow Militia, and in charge of policing arrangements for the forthcoming European Champions  League final between Manchester United and Chelsea.
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  • Moscow, Russia, 16/05/2008..Major-General Vyacheslav Kozlov, Deputy Chief of Moscow Militia, and in charge of policing arrangements for the forthcoming European Champions  League final between Manchester United and Chelsea.
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  • Moscow, Russia, March 1991..Boris Yeltsin addresses the Supreme Soviet in the Kremlin as pro-democracy demonstrators and militia gather in the streets.
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  • Moscow, Russia, 03/10/1993..Pro-Government militia retreat under attack from demonstrators trying to reach the Russian Parliament. When President Boris Yeltsin dissolved the opposition-dominated Russian Parliament,  deputies and supporters, led by Vice President Alexander Rutskoi, barricaded themselves inside the White House. After a 10 day stand-off the situation exploded into violence between pro and anti Yeltsin forces.
    russia-moscow-civil-war-1993-ru10152...jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 06/10/1993..Families mourn a pro-Government militia officer killed in fighting near the Russian Parliament. When President Boris Yeltsin dissolved the opposition-dominated Russian Parliament,  deputies and supporters, led by Vice President Alexander Rutskoi, barricaded themselves inside the White House. After a 10 day stand-off the situation exploded into violence between pro and anti Yeltsin forces.
    russia-moscow-civil-war-1993-ru10150...jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 06/10/1993..Families mourn a pro-Government militia officer killed in fighting near the Russian Parliament. When President Boris Yeltsin dissolved the opposition-dominated Russian Parliament,  deputies and supporters, led by Vice President Alexander Rutskoi, barricaded themselves inside the White House. After a 10 day stand-off the situation exploded into violence between pro and anti Yeltsin forces.
    russia-moscow-civil-war-1993-ru10149...jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 16/05/2008..Major-General Vyacheslav Kozlov, Deputy Chief of Moscow Militia, and in charge of policing arrangements for the forthcoming European Champions  League final between Manchester United and Chelsea.
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  • Moscow, Russia, March 1991..Boris Yeltsin addresses the Supreme Soviet in the Kremlin as pro-democracy demonstrators and militia gather in the streets.
    russia-moscow-boris-yeltsin-ru105611.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 02/05/2013..Anti-Putin political activist Maria Baronova, one of the organisers of the May 2012 protest that descended into violence, and who is still facing charges as a result of the day's events.
    russia-moscow-maria-baronova-ru10103...jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 01/10/2012..Pussy Riot supporters argue with anti Pussy Riot protesters filming them on mobile phones outside Moscow City Court. Supporters and opponents of band members Maria Alyokhina, Yekaterina Samutsevich and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova demonstrated outside the court as the three appealed against their two-year jail sentence for their performance in the Christ The Saviour Cathedral. The appeal was postponed until October 10th after Samutsevich fired her lawyer.
    russia-moscow-pussy-riot-ru198928.jpg
  • 17/08/2012, Moscow, Russia..Maria Alyokhina, Yekaterina Samutsevich and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova of punk band Pussy Riot laughing inside the courtroom's glass cage after being sentenced to two years in prison for their performance in the Christ The Saviour Cathedral.
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  • Moscow, Russia, 27/05/2012..A policeman carries a seized gay rights banner at an attempted gay pride parade in central Moscow. Several dozen people were arrested during clashes as Russian nationalists attacked gay rights activists during their seventh attempt to hold a gay pride parade in the Russian capital.
    russia-moscow-gay-pride-riot-ru19232...jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 28/05/2011..Plain-clothes police detain gay rights activists at an attempted gay pride parade in central Moscow. Several dozen people were arrested during clashes as Russian nationalists attacked gay rights activists during their sixth attempt to hold a gay pride parade in the Russian capital.
    russia-moscow-gay-pride-riot-ru17351...jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 15/01/2011..A man lays flowers during a rally at the bus stop where Spartak soccer fan Yegor Sviridov was killed in a street fight with a group of men from the southern Caucasus, leading to a nationalist backlash that has spilled into racist violence on the streets of Moscow and other Russian cities. The rally on the 40th day after Sviridov's death was attended by a mixture of local people, football fans and Russian nationalists.
    russia-moscow-murder-rally-ru167461.jpg
  • Krasnoarmeysk, Moscow Region, Russia, 29/10/2010..Russian special forces prepare for a training exercise at a military base outside Moscow. The exercise was part of the Interpolitex 2010 state security exhibition.
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  • Moscow, Russia, 16/05/2008..Ground staff prepare Luzhniki stadium, location for the forthcoming European Champion's Cup final between Manchester United and Chelsea.
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  • Moscow, Russia, 16/05/2008..Russian OMON special forces riot police practice preventing a pitch invasion inside Luzhniki stadium, location for the forthcoming European Champion's Cup final between Manchester United and Chelsea. The role of rioting fans was played by fellow police as Moscow authorities prepare to deal with some 50,000 visiting English football fans.
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  • Moscow, Russia, 27/05/2007..Richard Fairbrass, of British pop group Right Said Fred, is attacked and beaten by Russian nationalists before being arrested by police at  Moscow's second attempted Gay Pride parade. The parade had already been banned by Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov on the grounds that it would provoke violence, but gay activists attempted to demonstrate in defiance of the ban, and many were beaten by counter demonstrators and arrested by police.
    russia-moscow-gay-pride-riot-ru13798...jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 29/10/2008..Russian special forces training at a military base just outside Moscow. The exercise was part of the Interpolitex 2008 state security exhibition.
    russia-special-forces-train-ru144786.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 27/05/2006..Volker Beck [centre], a German lawyer and member of the Bundestag, is arrested after being attacked and beaten by Russian extremists while participating in the banned Gay Pride parade. The parade had already been banned by Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov on the grounds that it would provoke violence, but gay activists attempted to demonstrate in defiance of the ban...
    russia-moscow-gay-pride-riot-ru13062...jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 02/05/2013..Anti-Putin political activist Maria Baronova, one of the organisers of the May 2012 protest that descended into violence, and who is still facing charges as a result of the day's events.
    russia-moscow-maria-baronova-ru10103...jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 02/05/2013..Anti-Putin political activist Maria Baronova, one of the organisers of the May 2012 protest that descended into violence, and who is still facing charges as a result of the day's events.
    russia-moscow-maria-baronova-ru10103...jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 15/05/2012..Anti-Putin protesters sing in Chistiye Prudy, or Clean Ponds, as a Moscow court ordered the eviction of some 200 opposition activists who have set up camp in the city centre park.
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  • Moscow, Russia, 01/10/2012..Pussy Riot supporters sing the band's songs outside Moscow City Court. Supporters and opponents of band members Maria Alyokhina, Yekaterina Samutsevich and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova demonstrated outside the court as the three appealed against their two-year jail sentence for their performance in the Christ The Saviour Cathedral. The appeal was postponed until October 10th after Samutsevich fired her lawyer.
    russia-moscow-pussy-riot-ru198980.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 01/10/2012..An anti Pussy Riot protester holds an Orthodox cross outside Moscow City Court. Supporters and opponents of band members Maria Alyokhina, Yekaterina Samutsevich and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova demonstrated outside the court as the three appealed against their two-year jail sentence for their performance in the Christ The Saviour Cathedral. The appeal was postponed until October 10th after Samutsevich fired her lawyer.
    russia-moscow-pussy-riot-ru198897.jpg
  • 17/08/2012, Moscow, Russia..Protesters wave a banner reading ?You're pricks? at the court building as Maria Alyokhina, Yekaterina Samutsevich and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova of punk band Pussy Riot are sentenced to two years prison for their performance in the Christ The Saviour Cathedral.
    russia-moscow-pussy-riot-ru195271.jpg
  • 17/08/2012, Moscow, Russia..A pensioner wearing a Pussy Riot style balaclava, Orthodox iconography and a badge ?Russia Without Putin? gives a victory sign as Maria Alyokhina, Yekaterina Samutsevich and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova of punk band Pussy Riot are sentenced to two years prison for their performance in the Christ The Saviour Cathedral.
    russia-moscow-pussy-riot-ru195231.jpg
  • 17/08/2012, Moscow, Russia..Maria Alyokhina, Yekaterina Samutsevich and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova of punk band Pussy Riot inside the courtroom's glass cage after being sentenced to two years in prison for their performance in the Christ The Saviour Cathedral.
    russia-moscow-pussy-riot-ru195099.jpg
  • 17/08/2012, Moscow, Russia..A protester wearing the slogan "We are all Pussy Riot" outside the court as Maria Alyokhina, Yekaterina Samutsevich and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova of punk band Pussy Riot are sentenced to two years prison for their performance in the Christ The Saviour Cathedral.
    russia-moscow-pussy-riot-ru195031.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 27/05/2012..Police arrest gay rights organiser Nikolai Alexeyev at an attempted gay pride parade in central Moscow. Several dozen people were arrested during clashes as Russian nationalists attacked gay rights activists during their seventh attempt to hold a gay pride parade in the Russian capital.
    russia-moscow-gay-pride-riot-ru19231...jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 27/05/2012..A bearded Russian nationalist punches an arrested gay rights demonstrator at an attempted gay pride parade in central Moscow. Several dozen people were arrested during clashes as Russian nationalists attacked gay rights activists during their seventh attempt to hold a gay pride parade in the Russian capital.
    russia-moscow-gay-pride-riot-ru19224...jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 27/05/2012..Police arrest a gay activist during clashes as Russian nationalists attacked gay rights activists during their seventh attempt to hold a gay pride parade in the Russian capital.
    russia-moscow-gay-pride-riot-ru19218...jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 27/05/2012..A gay rights demonstrator shouts from  police van at an attempted gay pride parade in central Moscow. Several dozen people were arrested during clashes as Russian nationalists attacked gay rights activists during their seventh attempt to hold a gay pride parade in the Russian capital.
    russia-moscow-gay-pride-riot-ru19217...jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 15/05/2012..People listening to a Communist speaker in Chistiye Prudy, or Clean Ponds, as a Moscow court ordered the eviction of some 200 opposition activists who have set up camp in the city centre park.
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  • Moscow, Russia, 15/05/2012..Protesters serve vegan food at a makeshift kitchen in Chistiye Prudy, or Clean Ponds, as a Moscow court ordered the eviction of some 200 opposition activists who have set up camp in the city centre park.
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  • Moscow, Russia, 15/05/2012..A masked nationalist protester speaks on a walkie-talkie as another jumps a fence in Chistiye Prudy, or Clean Ponds, as a Moscow court ordered the eviction of some 200 opposition activists who have set up camp in the city centre park.
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  • Moscow, Russia, 15/05/2012..A protester with hands out food at a makeshift kitchen in Chistiye Prudy, or Clean Ponds, as a Moscow court ordered the eviction of some 200 opposition activists who have set up camp in the city centre park.
    russia-moscow-anti-putin-ru191117.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 15/05/2012..A passer-by debates with protesters in Chistiye Prudy, or Clean Ponds, as a Moscow court ordered the eviction of some 200 opposition activists who have set up camp in the city centre park.
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  • Moscow, Russia, 15/05/2012..An angry local resident argues with protesters in Chistiye Prudy, or Clean Ponds, as a Moscow court ordered the eviction of some 200 opposition activists who have set up camp in the city centre park.
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  • Moscow, Russia, 12/05/2012..A woman milks a cow in Chistiye Prudy, or Clean Ponds, a park in central Moscow were some 200 opposition activists have set up camp..The cow was brought by a group of farmers protesting against Russia's plans to join the World Trade Organisation.
    russia-moscow-anti-putin-ru191095.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 12/05/2012..Protesters seize a man attempting to steal a mobile phone from a woman  in the crowd in Chistiye Prudy, or Clean Ponds, a park in central Moscow were some 200 opposition activists have set up camp.
    russia-moscow-anti-putin-ru191026.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 12/05/2012..A protester under  the statue of Kazakh poet Abai Kunanbaev hold a sign "Occupy Russia" in Chistiye Prudy, or Clean Ponds, a park in central Moscow were some 200 opposition activists have set up camp.
    russia-moscow-anti-putin-ru191003.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 12/05/2012..A protester under  the statue of Kazakh poet Abai Kunanbaev holds a sign announcing a political lecture in Chistiye Prudy, or Clean Ponds, a park in central Moscow were some 200 opposition activists have set up camp.
    russia-moscow-anti-putin-ru190986.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 12/05/2012..Protesters singing in Chistiye Prudy, or Clean Ponds, a park in central Moscow were some 200 opposition activists have set up camp.
    russia-moscow-anti-putin-ru190904.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 06/05/2012..Police arrest protestors at opposition demonstration against Russian Presidential election results on the eve of Vladimir Putins inauguration as President.
    russia-moscow-anti-putin-riot-ru1893...jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 06/05/2012..Riot police at opposition demonstration against Russian Presidential election results on the eve of Vladimir Putins inauguration as President.
    russia-moscow-anti-putin-riot-ru1893...jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 06/05/2012..Protestors face off against riot police at opposition demonstration against Russian Presidential election results on the eve of Vladimir Putins inauguration as President.
    russia-moscow-anti-putin-riot-ru1892...jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 06/05/2012..Police arrest protestors at opposition demonstration against Russian Presidential election results on the eve of Vladimir Putins inauguration as President.
    russia-moscow-anti-putin-riot-ru1891...jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 06/05/2012..Protestors face off against riot police at opposition demonstration against Russian Presidential election results on the eve of Vladimir Putins inauguration as President.
    russia-moscow-anti-putin-riot-ru1891...jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 06/05/2012..A woman in a Puin mask at opposition demonstration against Russian Presidential election results on the eve of Vladimir Putins inauguration as President.
    russia-moscow-anti-putin-riot-ru1889...jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 05/03/2012..Riot police break up an attempt by demonstrators to occupy Pushkin Square after a rally in which some 20,000 people protested against Vladimir Putin's victory in the Russian presidential election.
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  • Moscow, Russia, 05/03/2012..Riot police break up an attempt by demonstrators to occupy Pushkin Square after a rally in which some 20,000 people protested against Vladimir Putin's victory in the Russian presidential election.
    moscow-election-protest-riot-ru18609...jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 28/05/2011..Uniformed and plain-clothes police seize America gay rights activists Andy Thayer and Daniel Choi at an attempted gay pride parade in central Moscow. Several dozen people were arrested during clashes as Russian nationalists attacked gay rights activists during their sixth attempt to hold a gay pride parade in the Russian capital.
    russia-moscow-gay-pride-riot-ru17363...jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 28/05/2011..Russian nationalists gather to prevent an attempted gay pride parade in central Moscow. Several dozen people were arrested during clashes as Russian nationalists attacked gay rights activists during their sixth attempt to hold a gay pride parade in the Russian capital.
    russia-moscow-gay-pride-riot-ru17354...jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 15/01/2011..A woman weeps during a rally at the bus stop where Spartak soccer fan Yegor Sviridov was killed in a street fight with a group of men from the southern Caucasus, leading to a nationalist backlash that has spilled into racist violence on the streets of Moscow and other Russian cities. The rally on the 40th day after Sviridov's death was attended by a mixture of local people, football fans and Russian nationalists.
    russia-moscow-murder-rally-ru167453.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 15/12//2010..Riot police search youths near Kievsky railway station, where police detained up 1,000 people during an operation to prevent ethnic riots. There were scuffles as hundreds of riot police were deployed to prevent clashes between Russian nationalists and traders from the Caucasus, many of whom work at a market near the station.
    russia-moscow-race-riot-ru160207.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 15/12//2010..Riot polcie clear the streets around Kievsky railway station, where police detained up 1,000 people during an operation to prevent ethnic riots. There were scuffles as hundreds of riot police were deployed to prevent clashes between Russian nationalists and traders from the Caucasus, many of whom work at a market near the station.
    russia-moscow-race-riot-ru160197.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 15/12//2010..Riot police stand guard over youths who tried to block a street near Kievsky railway station, where police detained up 1,000 people during an operation to prevent ethnic riots. There were scuffles as hundreds of riot police were deployed to prevent clashes between Russian nationalists and traders from the Caucasus, many of whom work at a market near the station.
    russia-moscow-race-riot-ru160179.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 15/12//2010..Riot police arrest a Russian nationalist near Kievsky railway station, where police detained up 1,000 people during an operation to prevent ethnic riots. There were scuffles as hundreds of riot police were deployed to prevent clashes between Russian nationalists and traders from the Caucasus, many of whom work at a market near the station.
    russia-moscow-race-riot-ru160169.jpg
  • Krasnoarmeysk, Moscow Region, Russia, 29/10/2010..An armoured personnel carrier is showered with confetti from fireworks during a Russian special forces training at a military base outside Moscow. The exercise was part of the Interpolitex 2010 state security exhibition.
    russia-special-forces-train-ru158896.jpg
  • Krasnoarmeysk, Moscow Region, Russia, 29/10/2010..A bunker explodes after being hit by a grenade during Russian special forces training at a military base outside Moscow. The exercise was part of the Interpolitex 2010 state security exhibition.
    russia-special-forces-train-ru158776.jpg
  • Krasnoarmeysk, Moscow Region, Russia, 29/10/2010..Russian special forces training at a military base outside Moscow. The exercise was part of the Interpolitex 2010 state security exhibition.
    russia-special-forces-train-ru158748.jpg
  • Krasnoarmeysk, Moscow Region, Russia, 29/10/2010..Members of Russian special forces inspect silenced weapons displayed by a dealer at training training exercise at a military base outside Moscow. The exercise was part of the Interpolitex 2010 state security exhibition.
    russia-special-forces-train-ru158672.jpg
  • Krasnoarmeysk, Moscow Region, Russia, 29/10/2010..A masked member of Russian special forces at a training exercise at a military base outside Moscow. The exercise was part of the Interpolitex 2010 state security exhibition.
    russia-special-forces-train-ru158633.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 04/10/1993..Flames pour from the Russian Parliament after the tank bombardment ordered by the Russian president. When President Boris Yeltsin dissolved the opposition-dominated Russian Parliament,  deputies and supporters, led by Vice President Alexander Rutskoi, barricaded themselves inside the White House. After a 10 day stand-off the situation exploded into violence between pro and anti Yeltsin forces.
    russia-moscow-civil-war-1993-ru10152...jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 03/10/1993..Anti-Government demonstrators inside the Russian Parliament grounds. When President Boris Yeltsin dissolves the opposition-dominated Russian Parliament,  deputies and supporters, led by Vice President Alexander Rutskoi, barricade themselves inside the White House. After a two week stand-off the situation explodes into violence between pro and anti Yeltsin forces.
    russia-moscow-civil-war-1993-ru10151...jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 02/10/1993..Riot police break up a group of opposition demonstrators near the Russian Parliament. When President Boris Yeltsin dissolved the opposition-dominated Russian Parliament,  deputies and supporters, led by Vice President Alexander Rutskoi, barricaded themselves inside the White House. After a 10 day stand-off the situation exploded into violence between pro and anti Yeltsin forces.
    russia-moscow-civil-war-1993-ru10148...jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 02/10/1993..Riot police face anti-Yeltsin barricades on the city's central ring road after preventing demonstrators from marching to the Russian Parliament, which rebel Communist and nationalist deputies, led by Vice-President Alexander Rutskoi, had occupied after President Boris Yeltsin dissolved the parliament.
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  • Moscow, Russia, 04/10/1993..A tank shell explodes in the Russian Parliament as pro-government forces storm the rebel's headquarters. When President Boris Yeltsin dissolved the opposition-dominated Russian Parliament,  deputies and supporters, led by Vice President Alexander Rutskoi, barricaded themselves inside the White House. After a 10 day stand-off the situation exploded into violence between pro and anti Yeltsin forces.
    russia-moscow-civil-war-1993-ru10146...jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 02/10/1993..An opposition demonstrator stands on a hijacked truck above burning barricades on the city's central ring road. Demonstrators built barricades in the city centre after riot police prevented them from marching to the Russian Parliament, which rebel Communist and nationalist deputies, led by Vice-President Alexander Rutskoi, had occupied after President Boris Yeltsin dissolved the parliament.
    russia-moscow-civil-war-1993-ru10146...jpg
  • Saint Petersburg, Russia, November 2002..Scandalous Master of Ceremonies Roman Trachtenberg & other performers at Hali Gali, Russia's most outrageous night-club..
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  • Moscow, Russia, 24/10/2005..A Russian police officer stands beside the body of a man who had been stabbed and then thrown from the balcony of a 17th floor apartment. Neighbours claimed that the apartment was used for the sale of illegal drugs.
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  • Moscow, Russia, 24/10/2005..A Russian police officer stands beside the body of a man who had been stabbed and then thrown from the balcony of a 17th floor apartment. Neighbours claimed that the apartment was used for the sale of illegal drugs.
    russia-moscow-drugs-murder-ru126492.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 03/07/2004..OMON special forces police seal off Yukos headquarters as officers from the Russian prosecutor general's office search the building as part of an investigation into tax evasion and fraud.
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  • Moscow, Russia, 03/07/2004..A Yokus security guard watches officers from the Russian prosecutor general's office enter Yukos headquarters as part of an investigation into tax evasion and fraud. The building was sealed off by OMON special forces police as the search was conducted.
    russia-yukos-tax-police-raid-ru11583...jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 03/07/2004..A Yukos security guard watches OMON special forces police seal off Yukos headquarters as officers from the Russian prosecutor general's office search the building as part of an investigation into tax evasion and fraud.
    russia-yukos-tax-police-raid-ru11580...jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 23/08/2004..Scnes outside the court where former Yukos CEO Mikhail Khodorkovsky and business associate Platon Lebedev face charges of fraud, embezzlement and tax evasion. Genrikh Padva, one of Khodorkovsky's lawyers, arrives at court.
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  • Moscow, Russia, 12/08/2004..Scnes outside the court where former Yukos CEO Mikhail Khodorkovsky and business associate Platon Lebedev face charges of fraud, embezzlement and tax evasion. Anton Drel, one of Khodorkovsky's lawyers, speaking to other members of the legal team outside court.
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  • Moscow, Russia, 09/05/2006..OMON riot police in front of a banner of Stalin as Russians celebrated the 61st anniversary of the end of the Second World War, generally referred to in Russia as the Great Patriotic War.
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  • Moscow, Russia, 16/05/2008..Luzhniki stadium, location for the forthcoming European Champion's Cup final between Manchester United and Chelsea.
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  • Moscow, Russia, 16/05/2008..Luzhniki stadium, location for the forthcoming European Champion's Cup final between Manchester United and Chelsea.
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  • Moscow, Russia, 16/05/2008..Russian OMON special forces riot police practice preventing a pitch invasion inside Luzhniki stadium, location for the forthcoming European Champion's Cup final between Manchester United and Chelsea. The role of rioting fans was played by fellow police as Moscow authorities prepare to deal with some 50,000 visiting English football fans.
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  • Moscow, Russia, 16/05/2008..Russian OMON special forces riot police practice preventing a pitch invasion inside Luzhniki stadium, location for the forthcoming European Champion's Cup final between Manchester United and Chelsea. The role of rioting fans was played by fellow police as Moscow authorities prepare to deal with some 50,000 visiting English football fans.
    ru143081.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 16/05/2008..Russian OMON special forces riot police practice inside Luzhniki stadium, location for the forthcoming European Champion's Cup final between Manchester United and Chelsea. The role of rioting fans was played by fellow police as Moscow authorities prepare to deal with some 50,000 visiting English football fans.
    ru143050.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 16/05/2008..Russian OMON special forces riot police practice inside Luzhniki stadium, location for the forthcoming European Champion's Cup final between Manchester United and Chelsea. The role of rioting fans was played by fellow police as Moscow authorities prepare to deal with some 50,000 visiting English football fans.
    ru143029.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 16/05/2008..A bomb squad officer during security practice inside Luzhniki stadium, location for the forthcoming European Champion's Cup final between Manchester United and Chelsea.
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  • Moscow, Russia, 16/05/2008..Police play the role of rioting fans during security practice inside Luzhniki stadium, location for the forthcoming European Champion's Cup final between Manchester United and Chelsea. Moscow authorities are preparing to deal with some 50,000 visiting English football fans.
    ru142994.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 16/05/2008..Russian OMON special forces riot police practice inside Luzhniki stadium, location for the forthcoming European Champion's Cup final between Manchester United and Chelsea. The role of rioting fans was played by fellow police as Moscow authorities prepare to deal with some 50,000 visiting English football fans.
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  • Moscow, Russia, 27/05/2007..Russian police look on as a nationalist demonstrator attacks a foreign delegate at Moscow's second attempted Gay Pride parade. The parade had already been banned by Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov on the grounds that it would provoke violence, but gay activists attempted to demonstrate in defiance of the ban, and many were beaten by counter demonstrators and arrested by police.
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  • Moscow, Russia, 27/05/2007..Veteran British gay rights activist Peter Tatchell is attacked and beaten by Russian nationalists before being arrested by riot police at  Moscow's second attempted Gay Pride parade. The parade had already been banned by Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov on the grounds that it would provoke violence, but gay activists attempted to demonstrate in defiance of the ban, and many were beaten by counter demonstrators and arrested by police.
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  • Moscow, Russia 13/05/2007..A member of an ambulance crew helps a drunken driver from his car after he crashed into a stop sign at at a road junction. The man was uninjured but was so drunk he could not walk without assistance.
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  • Moscow, Russia 13/05/2007..A car driven by a drunken driver crashed into a stop sign at at a road junction. The man was uninjured but was so drunk he could not walk without assistance.
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  • Moscow, Russia 03//06/2007..Russian Orthodox believers pray, chant and sing hymns in front of a line of riot police guarding a building site in central Moscow.The crowd of Russian nationalists and Orthodox believers led by priests were demonstrating and attempting to enter a construction site where a restaurant is being built on land which they claim belongs to the adjoining church.
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