Police officers stand guard in front of demonstrators during a protest against the Belgium government's measures to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease and mandatory vaccination in Brussels, Belgium.05.12.2021#6713399
Russia's Alexander Loginov competes at the shooting range in the men's 12.5 km pursuit event at the Biathlon World Cup in Oestersund, Sweden.05.12.2021#6713306
Khimki's Aleksandr Troshechkin, right, and Arsenal's Ayaz Guliev struggle for a ball during the Russian Premier-League soccer match between Khimki and Arsenal Tula, in Khimki, outside Moscow, Russia.05.12.2021#6713011
A Soyuz-2.1a rocket booster carrying the Soyuz MS-20 spacecraft transports from an assembling facility to a launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. The launch of the Soyuz MS-20 spacecraft carrying Japanese space tourists Yusaku Maezawa and Yozo Hirano to the International Space Station (ISS) is scheduled for 8 December 2021.05.12.2021#6712998
From left: Mark Adams, Director of Communications at International Olympic Committee; International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach, and former President of Switzerland Samuel Schmid, head of the IOC Disciplinary Commission, during a news conference in Lausanne on the results of the IOC Executive Board's meeting. The International Olympic Committee's Executive Board held a meeting in Lausanne on Russian participation at the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games.05.12.2017#3250561
Russia's Father Frost meets with children at the Shaposhnikov Caucasus Biosphere Nature Reserve.05.12.2017#3250490
December 5, 2016. Russian President Vladimir Putin talks to workers in the ETERNO shop of the Chelyabinsk Pipe-Rolling Plant.05.12.2016#2988474
Actor Vladimir Etush receives the Legend of the Stage Award at the Theatergoer's Star award ceremony held at Moscow's Vakhtangov Theater.05.12.2016#2988415
Top Model Russia-2016 winner Natalya Shturbina (Saratov) at the awards ceremony at Korston Club Hotel in Moscow.05.12.2016#2988355
Chelyabinsk Pipe-Rolling Plant as part of his visit to the Chelyabinsk Region. Left: Andrei Komarov, member of the Board of Directors, Chelyabinsk Pipe-Rolling Plant; right: Anatoly Chubais, Chairman of the Board, Rusnano.05.12.2016#2988203
Snow is removed from the Otkrytie Arena stadium ahead of the Russian Premier Football League championship's 17th round match between FC Rubin Kazan and FC Spartak Moscow.05.12.2016#2988052
Flowers and toys left near the Sibiryak Children's Sports School in memory of the children who died in a traffic accident on the Tyumen- Khanty-Mansiysk freeway. (A still from a video. Best possible quality.)05.12.2016#2987739
Buddhists celebrate one of their main holidays, Zula Khural ("A Festival of Thousand Candles").05.12.2015#2752243
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia and poet Nikolai Dobronravov (right) during the awarding ceremony whereby People's Artist of the USSR, composer Aleksandra Pakhmutova was decorated with the Order of St. Princess Olga 1 Class.05.12.2014#2538634
Distinguished Artist of the RSFSR Maris Liepa as Ferkhad in the Legend of Love ballet by Azerbaijani composer Arif Melikov. Choreographer Yuri Grigorovich. The State Academic Bolshoi Theater of the USSR (Russia).05.12.1971#1318247
Spartak player Artem Dzyuba and Celtic player Beram Kayal (from left foreground) in a group round UEFA Champions League match between football clubs Celtic (Glasgow, Scotland) and Spartak (Moscow, Russia).05.12.2012#1306133
Withdrawal of Soviet troops from the German Democratic Republic. The Sixth Guards Tank Division of the Soviet Army leaves Wittenberg on December 5, 1979 as part of the unilateral withdrawal of Soviet troops.05.12.1979#1294366
Chief children's surgeon of Moscow, Merited Doctor of the Russian Federation Vakhtang Nemsadze.05.12.2004#1221075
Russian first lady Svetlana Medvedeva, center, and Queen Sofía of Spain, left, seen in the ballet classroom of the newly opened Russian Center of Science and Culture in Madrid, December 5, 2011.05.12.2011#999616
Launching of Proton-M carrier rocket with three Glonass-M satellites that complete the formation of Russia's global navigation system.05.12.2010#817653
Delegates to the 5th World Congress of Trade Unions: Marta Ruis (Cuba), Amador Lii Domindzez (Peru) and Ariana Lombardo (Mexico) talking during an interval between sittings. Moscow. 1961.05.12.1961#728555
Defense Minister of India Sardar Swaran Singh visiting the Museum of Military Glory at Tbilisi Officers' Club. Visit of Sardar Swaran Singh to the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic.22.11.1969#577907
From left: Sergey Zelinsky of Belarus and Russian Vladimir Mineyev, fighting for the vacant WAKO-PRO K-1 title among professionals up to 94.1 kg at the 4th 'Battle of the Champions: Russia vs. the World' martial arts event at Moscow's Luzhniki Arena.05.12.2009#521849
A scene from the ballet to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's music "German Dances Under The Moon." Commemoration evening of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Pushkin Drama Theater.05.12.1991#502587
December 5, 2008. Foreground, left: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev during official welcoming ceremony on the square in front of the Presidential Palace (Rashtrapati Bhawan).05.12.2008#362317
Winners of the Eurovision-2006 children's event twins Nastya and Masha Tolmachev (left to right) at a RIA Novosti news conference. 05.12.2006#139578
Shamil Tarpishchev, captain of the Russian national team and president of the Russian Tennis Association, holding up the Davis Cup. 05.12.2002#45977
Chairman of the U.S.S.R. Council of Ministers Alexei Kosygin (center) inspecting the St. Martin du Touche aircraft plant as a Soviet delegation visited France. 05.12.1966#32386