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© Sergei Orlov/ International News Agency Rossiya Segodnya
In 2014, a new photography contest was founded by International News Agency "Rossiya Segodnya", called the Andrei Stenin International Press Photo Contest in honor of photographer Andrei Stenin, who died in Ukraine in 2014 while fulfilling his duties. RBTH chose some of the prize-winning photos depicting Russia. / Lotuses growing in a small lake in the town of Artem (East of Russia, 38 km from Vladivostok).
© Anna Inozemtceva/ International News Agency Rossiya Segodnya
Five thousand works were sent from 54 countries, including Russia, Europe, South and North America, Africa, India, the Middle East and South-East Asia.
© Elena Anosova/ International News Agency Rossiya Segodnya
“Dissociation” is a project about imprisoned women and the micro and macro social interactions in artificially restricted female communities.
© Kristina Brazhnikova/ International News Agency Rossiya Segodnya
This photo seria tells about Svetlana Trubnikova. She is 47 years old and four years ago, she had both her legs amputated at the knees, and then almost lost her sight. Her elder daughter brought Svetlana to live with her, but due to the tough living conditions Svetlana decided to go back home.
© Sergei Kolyaskin/ International News Agency Rossiya Segodnya
“When I came to the zoo, I met the most amazing people in my life. I was amazed by how committed and brave those people were,” says author Sergei Kolyaskin.
© Maria Plotnikova/ International News Agency Rossiya Segodnya
Fire broke out at the Institute of Scientific Information on Social Sciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences library in Moscow at the end of January 2015. As a result, the main archive of books was lost. According to preliminary estimates, 5 million books were burnt, but they were never properly quantified.
© Misha Domozhilov/ International News Agency Rossiya Segodnya
Ali Baba in a bout against offensive Russian musician Stas Baretsky (left photo). Ali Baba is Moscow’s star fighter in semi-professional mixed martial arts. He started his career at the age of 40 and has had over 100 bouts in dozens of cities. Ali Baba is homeless and lives in all sorts of places.
© Anton Karliner/ International News Agency Rossiya Segodnya
Russia’s Old Believers are a very interesting and distinctive religious and social group. Old Believers split from the Russian Orthodox Church in the mid-17th century in protest against its reforms. The village of Multa (Altai region) was founded by Old Believers and is home to a large community. Believers of many confessions now live in the village, but the Old Believers still shape its way of life.
© Maria Alekseeva/ International News Agency Rossiya Segodnya
The number of witnesses and veterans of the Great Patriotic War continues to dwindle. The author of this photo series wants to preserve their faces for posterity. War veteran Nikolay Yeryomin (left). War veteran Georgy Drutskoy (right).
© Konstantin Chalabov/ International News Agency Rossiya Segodnya
Gymnasts practicing at the Manezh Sports Center in Novgorod (423 km from Moscow).
© Alexey Filippov/ International News Agency Rossiya Segodnya
Chinese sportsmen Haitau Du on a ski run at the Winter Paralympic Games in Sochi. He was operated at just 4 years of age, but having both arms amputated did not stop him from doing sport. His philosophy is, "Keep moving, don’t stop until the end."
