Students from Finland studies theatre art in St. Petersburg theatre academy. Some scene from their educational performance and everyday life. For Helsingin Sanomat newspaper.

Residents hold a rally protesting against the building of the Okhta Centre Tower in St. Petersburg October 10, 2009. The 400-metre-tall (1,312-feet) Okhta Centre, the proposed new headquarters of the Gazprom Neft Company, will be one of the tallest office buildings in Europe if built. Most citizens and professional architects are vehemently against the project, which would see the erection of a supertall skyscraper right next to St Petersburg’s historic city centre. The tower,Okhta Centre (also known as Gazprom City), would ruin the city’s unique skyline.

Famous Russian singer Dmitry Hvorostovsky together with American prima donna Renee Fleming he decided to convey it to millions of TV audiences as the world opera stars start working on a film called “Dmitry Hvorostovsky and Renee Fleming in Saint Petersburg”

Some stupid tourist pictures from Tunisia

She is one of the youngest foreign students ever to go to the Kirov’s ballet school. Britain’s Isabella McGuire Mayes relives her first, painful steps. Published in The Guardian.