Maksim Kovtun, right, winner of the gold medal, and Yevgeny Plyuschenko, winner of the silver medal in the men's individual competitions at the Russian Figure Skating Championships in Sochi, at the medal ceremony.27.12.2013#2343695
Kanako Murakami (Japan) performs during the women's free skating competition at the 6th stage of the Grand Prix of Figure Skating in Moscow.23.11.2013#2325005
Yugra's Mikhail Zhukov, left, and CSKA's Nikolai Prokhorkin in the regular season Kontinental Hockey League match between CSKA (Moscow) and Yugra (Khanty-Mansiysk).19.11.2013#2322708
Participants in the Tzar's Russian March in honor of the 400th anniversary of the royal House of Romanov in Moscow.04.11.2013#2313504
Russian figure skaters Ekaterina Bobrova and Dmitri Soloviev during training, working on their Olympic program.25.10.2013#2307682
Zenit's head coach Luciano Spalletti leads his team's game in the 2013-2014 UEFA Champions League group stage match between football clubs Porto (Porto, Portugal) and Zenit (St. Petersburg, Russia).22.10.2013#2305860
Biathlete Yana Romanova at the Russian women's biathlon team's training session at Chiemgau-Arena in Ruhpolding, Germany.12.10.2013#2300085
An Abyssinian cat at the 15th Expokot International Cat Festival, held at the Crocus Expo International Exhibition Center in Moscow.05.10.2013#2296008
SKA player Tony Martensson and Dynamo's Janne Jalasvaara and Martins Karsums, from left, during the regular season Kontinental Hockey League match between HC Dynamo Moscow and HC SKA St. Petersburg.27.09.2013#2291342
From left: Dynamo's goalkeeper Vladimir Gabulov and Lokomotiv's Dame N'Doye, argue with chief referee Sergey Karasev at the Russian Football Premier League Championship's 10th round match between FC Dynamo Moscow and FC Lokomotiv Moscow.21.09.2013#2287906
The football field after a penalty kick in the 10th round match of the Russian Football Premier League. Dynamo Moscow vs. Lokomotiv Moscow.21.09.2013#2287807
Rostov's Timofei Kalachyov and CSKA's Georgy Shchennikov and Vitinho in the 9th round match of the Russian Premier League. PFC CSKA Moscow vs. FC Rostov Rostov-on-Don.14.09.2013#2283953
Athletes in the women's 4x100m relay race at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics in Moscow.18.08.2013#2267101
Viktoriya Sudarushkina (Russia) during the women's javelin throw finals at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics in Moscow.18.08.2013#2267091
Jamaican athlete Usain Bolt after the final round of the men's 200m sprint at the 2013 IAAF World Championships in Moscow.17.08.2013#2266581
Mo Farah (Great Britain) after winning in the final round of the men's 5000m race at the 2013 IAAF World Championships in Moscow.16.08.2013#2265790
Athletes in the men's 4x400m relay preliminary round at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics in Moscow.15.08.2013#2265392
Athletes during the final round of the men's 3000m steeplechase at the 2013 IAAF World Championships in Moscow.15.08.2013#2265374
Romania's Eliza Toader in the women's javelin throw qualification at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics in Moscow.16.08.2013#2265312
A participant in the women's javelin throw qualification at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics in Moscow.16.08.2013#2265282
Russia's Ivan Ukhov during the final round of the men's high jump at the 2013 IAAF World Championships in Moscow.15.08.2013#2264829
Athletes during the men's 50 km race walk at the World Championships in Athletics in Moscow.14.08.2013#2264073
United States' David Oliver pictured during the final heat of the men's 110m hurdles at the 2013 IAAF World Championships in Moscow.12.08.2013#2262917
Russia's Yelena Isinbayeva during the qualifying round of the women's pole vault at the 2013 IAAF World Championships in Moscow.11.08.2013#2261941
Game moment in the match for the gold medal in men's water polo between the national teams of Hungary and Montenegro at the World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona.03.08.2013#2257972
Darya Ustinova (Russia) during the women's 200 m backstroke final at the World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona.03.08.2013#2257866
Colombia's Orlando Duque in the men's 27m high diving competition at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona.31.07.2013#2256250
Russia's Artyom Silchenko in the men's 27m high diving competition at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona.31.07.2013#2256226
Katinka Hosszú (Hungary) during the women's 200m medley final at the World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona.29.07.2013#2255475
Athletes at the start of the men's 4×100m relay at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona.28.07.2013#2254833
The Canadian national team performs the team technical routine during the synchronized swimming finals at the World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona.22.07.2013#2250764
Japan's Yumi Adachi and Yukiko Inui in the synchronized swimming duet technical routine at the FINA World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona.21.07.2013#2250322
Germany's Sascha Klein and Patrick Hausding in men's synchronized diving from the 10-meter platform at the World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona.21.07.2013#2250128
Russia's Anastasia Zuyeva during the final round of the women's 50m backstroke at the 27th World University Summer Games in Kazan.15.07.2013#2245339
Tian Quin (China) during the finals of the men's 1m springboard at the 27th World University Summer Games in Kazan.08.07.2013#2222097
Margarita Nesterova in the women's 100 metres freestyle at the Russian National Swimming Championships 2013 in Moscow.16.06.2013#2203852
Vyacheslav Sinkevich in the men's 200 metres breaststroke at the Russian National Swimming Championships 2013 in Moscow.16.06.2013#2203838
CSKA head coach Leonid Slutsky thrown in the air by the players in celebration of the team's winning of the Russian Premier League title.18.05.2013#1471548
The swimming pool the Palace of Water Sports constructed for the 27th World Summer Universiade 2013 in Kazan.15.05.2013#1470825
The diving tower at the Palace of Water Sports constructed for the 27th World Summer Universiade 2013 in Kazan.15.05.2013#1470824
CSKA player Vagner Love, left, scores a goal against Lokomotiv goalkeeper Dario Kresic in the Russian Football Premier League 28th round match between FC Lokomotiv Moscow and PFC CSKA Moscow.12.05.2013#1466716
A group of Il-76 heavy multi-purpose strategic airlifters flies over Red Square during the military parade marking the 68th anniversary of the victory in the Great Patriotic War.09.05.2013#1465181
Sukhoi SU-27 aircrafts, steered by Russkiye Vityazi aerobatic team, and MiG-29 aircrafts, steered by Strizhy aerobatic team, fly over the Red Square during a general rehearsal of the Victory Parade.07.05.2013#1464111
The Pantsyr air defence missile/gun systems driving through the Red Square during a general rehearsal of the Victory Parade.07.05.2013#1464019
Russia's Yulia Koltunova in the women's 10 metre platform at the FINA/Midea Diving World Series 2013 in Moscow.28.04.2013#1459941
Fafalis Michail-Nektarios and Paparounas Stefanos of Greece compete in the men's 3m synchro springboard event at the FINA/Midea Diving World Series in Moscow.26.04.2013#1458985
China's Lin Yue and Chen Aisen perform a 10m platform synchronized diving at the FINA/Midea Diving World Series 2013 in Moscow.26.04.2013#1458745
Dynamo players in the semifinals of the women's volleyball Superleague between volleyball clubs Dynamo (Moscow) and Uralochka-NTMK (Sverdlovsk region).22.04.2013#1455131
CSKA Moscow and Spartak Moscow players in action in the Russian Football Premier League's Round 25 match.21.04.2013#1453403
Russia's Aliya Mustafina performs her routine during the uneven bars individual event at the European Artistic Gymnastics Championships. Mustafina won gold in the event.20.04.2013#1452676
Russia's Aliya Mustafina performing her floor routine in the women's individual all-around finals during the European Gymnastics Championships at the Olympiysky Sports Complex.19.04.2013#1451608
Aliaksandr Tsarevich of Belarus performs horizontal bar qualification at the Artistic Gymnastics European Championships in Moscow.17.04.2013#1449450
Canada's Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford perform in the pairs short program at the Figure Skating World Team Trophy in Tokyo.12.04.2013#1443413
Dancers with the Ballet Bejart Lausanne troupe in a scene from Igor Stravinsky's ballet "Rite of Spring" with choreography by Maurice Béjart at the State Academic Bolshoi Theater.03.04.2013#1434873
Spain's Javier Fernández skates in the exhibition gala at the World Figure Skating Championships in London, Ontario, Canada.17.03.2013#1416119
Italian duo Stefania Berton and Ondrej Hotarek perform a short pairs program at the World Figure Skating Championships in London, Canada.13.03.2013#1410170
Rubin goalkeeper Sergei Ryzhikov in the UEFA Europa League 1/16 final match between FC Rubin (Kazan, Russia) and FC Atletico (Madrid, Spain).21.02.2013#1385968
Russia's Olga Zaitseva competing in the women's sprint event at the World Biathlon Championships in Nove Mesto na Morave, Czech Republic.09.02.2013#1369509