ROSTOV REGION RUSSIA. JANUARY 19 2006. Epiphany Day in Starocherkassky Cossack village. Foto: ITAR TASS / Valery Matytsin (c) dpa Report
ROSTOV REGION RUSSIA. JANUARY 19 2006. Epiphany Day in Starocherkassky Cossack village. Foto: ITAR TASS / Valery Matytsin (c) dpa Report © picture alliance | picture alliance/ dpa
A member of a local winter swimmers' club walks to bathe in the Yenisei River amid air temperatures measuring at about -36 degrees Celsius (-32.8 degree Fahrenheit) in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk December 12, 2010. REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin (RUSSIA - Tags: ENVIRONMENT) HA 14.12.10, Seite 028, Aus aller Welt
A member of a local winter swimmers' club walks to bathe in the Yenisei River amid air temperatures measuring at about -36 degrees Celsius (-32.8 degree Fahrenheit) in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk December 12, 2010. REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin (RUSSIA - Tags: ENVIRONMENT) HA 14.12.10, Seite 028, Aus aller Welt © REUTERS | REUTERS
IVANOVO, RUSSIA. JANUARY 17, 2006. Russian ice swimmer seen plunging into the cold waters of the Volga River in late January (traditionally called in Russia 'Epiphany season frosty weather'). Foto: ITAR-TASS / Vladimir Smirnov +++(c) dpa - Report+++
IVANOVO, RUSSIA. JANUARY 17, 2006. Russian ice swimmer seen plunging into the cold waters of the Volga River in late January (traditionally called in Russia 'Epiphany season frosty weather'). Foto: ITAR-TASS / Vladimir Smirnov +++(c) dpa - Report+++ © picture-alliance | picture-alliance/ dpa
Der Lada eines Eisanglers steht auf dem dicken Eis des zugefrorenen Baikalsees nahe dem russischen Ust-Bargusin am Ostufer des Baikal, aufgenommen am 10.02.2007. Direkt neben den Autos bauen die Angler ein Zelt über dem Eisloch auf (hinten). Foto: Transit/Olaf Meinhardt ACHTUNG: GESPERRT FÜR BILDFUNK +++(c) dpa - Report+++null
Der Lada eines Eisanglers steht auf dem dicken Eis des zugefrorenen Baikalsees nahe dem russischen Ust-Bargusin am Ostufer des Baikal, aufgenommen am 10.02.2007. Direkt neben den Autos bauen die Angler ein Zelt über dem Eisloch auf (hinten). Foto: Transit/Olaf Meinhardt ACHTUNG: GESPERRT FÜR BILDFUNK +++(c) dpa - Report+++null © picture-alliance | picture-alliance/ ZB
The view of the tourist complex Polyana Grand Hotel in Sochi 03 February 2008. Foto: EPA/RIA NOVOSTI / RIA NOVOSTI POOL +++(c) dpa - Report+++null
The view of the tourist complex Polyana Grand Hotel in Sochi 03 February 2008. Foto: EPA/RIA NOVOSTI / RIA NOVOSTI POOL +++(c) dpa - Report+++null © picture-alliance | picture-alliance/ dpa
Communist supporters arrive at the Red Square to visit the grave of Josef Stalin at the Kremlin wall to mark the 126th birthday of Stalin in Moscow Wednesday, 21 December 2005. EPA/SERGEI CHIRIKOV +++(c) dpa - Report+++
Communist supporters arrive at the Red Square to visit the grave of Josef Stalin at the Kremlin wall to mark the 126th birthday of Stalin in Moscow Wednesday, 21 December 2005. EPA/SERGEI CHIRIKOV +++(c) dpa - Report+++ © picture-alliance | picture-alliance/ dpa/dpaweb
epa02511548 Russians celebrate the New Year on Red Square in Moscow, Russia, on 01 January 2011. EPA/MAXIM SHIPENKOV +++(c) dpa - Bildfunk+++
epa02511548 Russians celebrate the New Year on Red Square in Moscow, Russia, on 01 January 2011. EPA/MAXIM SHIPENKOV +++(c) dpa - Bildfunk+++ © dpa | dpa