Discuss current events in Russia and the former Soviet Union.
Activists of the Ukrainian women's movement FEMEN stage a performance in front of the Christ the Saviour Cathedral in Moscow, on December 9, 2011, to protest against alleging mass fraud in the Russian December 4 parliamentary polls and demanding Russia?s Prime Minister Vladimir Putin that he stop his political activities. Putin, who became premier in 2008 after serving two Kremlin terms, filed this week his application to stand in the March elections.. AFP PHOTO / ALEXANDER NEMENOV
A model displays creations by Georgian designer Romazo Roma during the Fashion Week in Tbilisi late, on November 27, 2011. AFP PHOTO / VANO SHLAMOV
A motorboat sails through a frosty fog along the Yenisei River some 55 km (34 miles) south of Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, December 5, 2011. REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin
Activists of the Ukrainian women movement FEMEN wave flags of Ukraine as they stage a topless demonstration during a meeting of opposition parties in Kiev on December 3, 2011. AFP PHOTO/GENYA SAVILOV