MOSCOW REGION, RUSSIA. SEPTEMBER 11. German Tiger t-4 tank is on display at the Exhibition of World War II armoured vehicles, in the Military-Historical Museum of Armoured Vehicles and Equipment, or Tank Museum, in Kubinka, Moscow Region.

MOSCOW REGION, RUSSIA. SEPTEMBER 11. Soviet 1944 SU-100 Self-Propelled Gun is on display at the Exhibition of World War II armoured vehicles, in the Military-Historical Museum of Armoured Vehicles and Equipment, or Tank Museum, in Kubinka, Moscow Region. The exhibition was held as part of the Tanker's Day festivities.

MOSCOW REGION, RUSSIA. SEPTEMBER 11. German 1942 armoured personnel carrier Hanomak is on display at the Exhibition of World War II armoured vehicles, in the Military-Historical Museum of Armoured Vehicles and Equipment, or Tank Museum, in Kubinka, Moscow Region.

MOSCOW REGION, RUSSIA. SEPTEMBER 11. A 1941 Panzer 38(t), a Czechoslovakian tank used by Germany during WWII, is on display at the Exhibition of World War II armoured vehicles, in the Military-Historical Museum of Armoured Vehicles and Equipment, or Tank Museum, in Kubinka, Moscow Region. The exhibition was held as part of the Tanker's Day festivities.

MOSCOW REGION, RUSSIA. SEPTEMBER 11. Soviet 1934 BA-6 Armoured Car is on display at the Exhibition of World War II armoured vehicles, in the Military-Historical Museum of Armoured Vehicles and Equipment, or Tank Museum, in Kubinka, Moscow Region. The exhibition was held as part of the Tanker's Day festivities.

MOSCOW REGION, RUSSIA. SEPTEMBER 11. Soviet T-70 tank, discovered in 2001 near the city of Velikiye Luki, Pskov Region, is on display at the Exhibition of World War II armoured vehicles, in the Military-Historical Museum of Armoured Vehicles and Equipment, or Tank Museum, in Kubinka, Moscow Region. The exhibition was held as part of the Tanker's Day festivities.

SVERDLOVSK REGION, RUSSIA. SEPTEMBER 10. A monument to T-72 tank designers unveiled in Nizhni Tagil.

SVERDLOVSK REGION, RUSSIA. SEPTEMBER 10. A monument to T-72 tank designers unveiled in Nizhni Tagil.

SVERDLOVSK REGION, RUSSIA. SEPTEMBER 10. A monument to T-72 tank designers unveiled in Nizhni Tagil.

JAPAN. SEPTEMBER 4. Russia's Marshal Shaposhnikov submarine chaser (L) and Japan's destroyer Kurama (R) seen at the Kure base of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force, they called at during an unprecedented Russia - Japanese naval exercise to practice an operation to search for and rescue a ship in distress.

JAPAN. SEPTEMBER 4. Crews of Russia's Marshal Shaposhnikov submarine chaser and Japan's destroyer Kurama (L-R) seen at the Kure base of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force, they called at during an unprecedented Russia - Japanese naval exercise to practice an operation to search for and rescue a ship in distress.

JAPAN. SEPTEMBER 4. Russia's Marshal Shaposhnikov submarine chaser and BDK-11 amphibious ship (L) and Japan's destroyers, Kurama and Yudati (R) seen at the Kure base of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force, they called at during an unprecedented Russia - Japanese naval exercise to practice an operation to search for and rescue a ship in distress.

File photo: Building of the school No 1 in the city Beslan seized by terrorists .

BESLAN, RUSSIA. September 2 .A man observes the school in the town of Beslan, seized by terrorists .(

BESLAN, RUSSIA. September 2 .Militants that seized a school in the town of Beslan, the Caucasian territory of North Ossetia, Wednesday morning have released three women with babies,

BESLAN, RUSSIA. September 2 .Militants that seized a school in the town of Beslan, the Caucasian territory of North Ossetia, Wednesday morning have released three women with babies,

BESLAN, RUSSIA. September 2 .Militants that seized a school in the town of Beslan, the Caucasian territory of North Ossetia, Wednesday morning have released three women with babies,

CHECHNYA,RUSSIA. GUDERMES. SEPTEMBER 2. A meeting of Chechen schoolchildren agianst the terrorists who have taken hostages in the School No 1 of the city of Beslan in North Ossetia.

CHECHNYA,RUSSIA. GUDERMES. SEPTEMBER 2. A meeting of Chechen schoolchildren agianst the terrorists who have taken hostages in the School No 1 of the city of Beslan in North Ossetia.

BESLAN, NORTH OSSETIA, RUSSIA. SEPTEMBER 2. Servicemen surronded the School No.1 seized by terrorists

BESLAN (North Ossetia),RUSSIA. September 2 . Servicemen after a 24-hour duty around the building of the school No 1 in the city Beslan seized by terrorists, have a rest.

BESLAN, NORTH OSSETIA, RUSSIA. SEPTEMBER 2. Snipers of the law enforcement bodies take a position near the School No.1 seized by terrorists

BESLAN (North Ossetia),RUSSIA. September 2 . A shell from a rocket-launcher hit the building located next to the building of the school No 1 in the city Beslan seized by terrorists

BESLAN, NORTH OSSETIA, RUSSIA. SEPTEMBER 2. Bishop of Stavropol and Vladikavkaz Feofan talks to the relatives of the hostages kept by terrorists for the second day.