Photos of the Week: August 8-14, 2009
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, right, and Finnish President Tarja Halonen, left, driving at the Bocharov Ruchei presidential residence outside the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2009. Halonen was in Russia on an unofficial visit.
Dmitry Astakhov / AP / RIA-Novosti
Relatives and friends attend Zarema Sadulayeva's funeral ceremony in the village of Shalagi, 50 kilometers (31 miles) southwest of Grozny, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2009. Sadulayeva, the kidnapped head of a charity helping children in Russia's troubled Muslim republic of Chechnya, was found dead of gunshot wounds in the trunk of a car on Tuesday along with her murdered husband, Alik Dzhabrailov.
Said Tsarnayev / Reuters
A supporter holds portraits of murdered human rights activist Zarema Sadulayeva and her husband Alik Dzhabrailov during a memorial in central Moscow, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2009.
Andrei Stenin / Reuters
Marat Safin, from Russia, reacts after losing a point to Gael Monfils, from France, during the first round of play at the Rogers Cup tennis tournament Monday, Aug. 10, 2009, in Montreal.
Paul Chiasson / AP
Svetlana Kuznetsova, of Russia, returns a serve from Lucie Safarova, of the Czech Republic, during the Cincinnati Open tennis tournament in Mason, Ohio, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2009.
Tony Tribble / AP
Igor Loskutov, from Russia, carves a wooden figure at the European Open of chainsaw carving in Bispingen, Germany, Sunday, Aug. 9, 2009. Thirty artists from ten nations took part in the event.
Joerg Sarbach / AP
President Yunus-Bek Yevkurov, president of the Northern Caucasus region of Ingushetia, seen speaking to press as he leaves a hospital in Moscow on Monday, Aug. 10, 2009. Yevkurov, the province's Kremlin-appointed president, was critically wounded in a bombing last month.
AP
Sofia Rudyeva, Miss Russia 2009, hugs a dolphin at Dolphin Cay Atlantis on Paradise Island, ahead of the Miss Universe 2009 pageant in the Bahamas, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2009. Miss Universe 2009 will be crowned on Aug. 23.
Reuters
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, left, and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, right, ordering some food at a cafe, where they watched a television broadcast of Russia's friendly soccer match against Argentina, in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2009.
Dmitry Astakhov / AP / RIA-Novosti
Medvedev and Putin watching the Russia-Argentina match together in a cafe in Sochi, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2009.
Dmitry Astakhov / AP / RIA-Novosti
Russia's Sergei Semak, right, scores past Argentina's goalkeeper Mariano Andujar during their friendly soccer match at Lokomotiv Stadium in Moscow, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2009.
Ivan Sekretarev / AP
Russia's Roman Pavlyuchenko, left, scores his team's second goal against Argentina during their friendly soccer match at Lokomotiv Stadium in Moscow, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2009. Argentina won 3-2.
Ivan Sekretarev / AP
Former Yukos CEO and oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky, second from right, is escorted into a courtroom in Moscow, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2009.
Alexander Zemlianichenko / AP
A member of the Ukranian People's Party, discontented with the recent accusations of Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev aimed at his counterpart Viktor Yushchenko, participates in a rally near the Russian embassy in Kiev, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2009. Medvedev on Tuesday warned that energy security in the region was at risk because of Yushchenko's policies towards Russia, in comments interpreted by Ukrainian analysts as a sign of Moscow's intrusion in a presidential election race next year. The banner reads, "No more drinks for Medvedev".
Konstantin Chernichkin / Reuters
President Dmitry Medvedev, center, stands among a team of students from various institutes working during their summer vacation at a construction site between the city of Adler and Alpika Service Mountain Resort on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2009.
Dmitry Astakhov / Reuters / RIA-Novosti
President Dmitry Medvedev, left, and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin playing badminton, as Medvedev's golden retriever Aldo runs over the court, during their meeting in the official vacation residence of Bocharov Ruchei in the Black Sea resort of Sochi on Friday, Aug. 14, 2009.
Dmitry Astakhov / Reuters / RIA-Novosti
