Pictures from Russia

This is me with some young activists in Yaroslavl, outside the building where they hold their Friday night film club.














This is the Kremlin as seen from the quay along the Moscow river.














Oh yeah, I met Ms Latvia (Lena) and Ms Norway (Donna) in the bar across the road from my hostel. How could I not put this picture up on the blog.















The famous Potemkin steps in Odessa as seen in the 1926 film 'The Battleship Potemkin' by Sergei Eisenstein.














A scene from the display at the Military museum in Victory Park, Moscow. The picture marks the Russian victory at Stalingrad. Note the disconsolate German soldier at the bottom of the picture. The picture in the museum is 150ft high and 150ft wide and appears in a 3-d format. It was only possible to photograph one section of this display.















A monument at Kiev Military Museum, to those who fought and died in World War Two.














A scene from the crucial Battle of the Kursk on display at Moscow Military Museum.














Mig jets on display at Moscow Military Museum. The Mig flies at 2500km/hr.















Drinking on the street is very normal in Russia and Ukraine. This is Slava opening my bottle.
















An atomic bomb transporter on display in Kiev's Military Museum.















Here I am pictured with the waitress from the Moscow to Kiev train. The man in the picture became a good vodka drinking buddy for a few minutes, hours - I don't know how long, but he seemed nice enough as did my other new friends made on this journey, thanks to vodka.
















Rocket launcher displayed at the outdoor museum at Victory Park, Moscow.














Pictured here are some captured German tanks on display now at Victory Park, Moscow.















Here, I am standing at the edge of the river Volga in Yaroslavl.














A monument built at the end of World War Two to symbolise unity between nations.













Lubianka- KGB/ KSB Headquarters. This building has seen thousands of miserable deaths from before the 1930s purges to recent times.













A scene from the Moscow metro. 4million of the city's 10m people use the metro every day. Trains come every minute.