Photos of the Week: Nov. 7-13, 2009

Krasnoyarsk swimmers enjoying the snow Saturday, Nov. 7, by the Yenisei River in weather of minus 17 degrees Celcius.

New WBA heavyweight boxing world champion David Haye, right, of Britain, celebrating after defeating Russia's Nikolai Valuyev, left, after their WBA title fight in Nuremberg, Germany, Saturday, Nov. 7.

A communist supporter wearing an anti-flu mask and taking part in a communist demonstration marking the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution in Moscow Saturday, Nov. 7. The mask reads, "Capitalism is more harmful than H1N1." November 7 was for decades a holiday celebrating the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution that ushered in more than 70 years of Soviet rule. Former President Vladimir Putin abolished the holiday four years ago.

Angela Merkel and Mikhail Gorbachev crossing the Bornholmer bridge, a former border crossing between East and West Berlin Monday, Nov. 9.

A woman being vaccinated against swine flu in a Moscow clinic Monday, Nov. 9.

Medvedev speaking in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin late Monday, Nov. 9.

Visitors looking at the exhibit "uDUTCHnaya ARKHITEKTURA" (Fortunate Architecture), which showcases Dutch achievements in modern building design. The show runs at the Winzavod Contemporary Art Center until Nov. 30.

A Lada parked among a row of foreign cars on a Moscow street Tuesday, Nov. 10. First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov said Renault has not shown interest in a http://www.themoscowtimes.com/business/article/renault-invited-to-up-avtovaz-stake/389242.html">proposal to enlarge its stake in AvtoVAZ.

Pigeons warming themselves with the heated air from a vent at the Ploshchad Revolyutsii metro station Tuesday, Nov. 10.

A couple sitting near a monument of Mikhail Panikovsky, a character from the 1931 satirical novel "The Little Golden Calf" ("Zolotoi Telyonok") by Soviet authors Ilya Ilf and Yevgeny Petrov, wearing a protective face mask in Kiev. Ukraine's swine flu outbreak has caused panic across the nation and has led to bickering between political rivals Yulia Tymoshenko and Viktor Yushchenko.

A Kremlin Guard recruit embracing an acquaintance at a railway station in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk before he leaves for Moscow to serve at the Presidential Regiment in the Kremlin Wednesday, Nov. 11. The Kremlin Guard, or Presidential Regiment, is a military regiment charged with the security of the Kremlin and its state officials

President Dmitry Medvedev's wife Svetlana lingering in the Throne Hall before a concert of young musicians from former Soviet states who participated in the International Festival at the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow Wednesday, Nov. 11.

A journalist wearing a protective face mask as she stands near a TV set broadcasting President Dmitry Medvedev's address to the nation in the next room in the Kremlin Thursday, Nov. 12.

Reputed St. Petersburg crime boss Vladimir Barksukov, left, sitting in the defendant's cage in a Moscow court Thursday, Nov. 12. Barsukov was found guilty of fraud and sentenced to 14 years in prison.

Patriarch Kirill's hat resting on top of his head as he watches President Dmitry Medvedev's state-of-the-nation address at the Kremlin Thursday, Nov. 12.

A drunk man sitting on a bed at a sobering-up station in Russia's southern city of Stavropol, Thursday, Nov. 12. Many of Moscow's sobering-up stations, of which there were plenty in the days of the Soviet regime, have been closed down because of a lack of money.

Pavel Stepanov performing on the Arbat. Stepanov, who insists that the furry bagpipes aren't Scottish, makes them himself and sells them for $700.