In modern Russia there are no free elections, therefore the political elite is almost constant.

Photo: Valentina Matvienko, Mayor of St. Petersburg, attends the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) on June 17, 2011 in St. Petersburg, Russia. Global business leaders have gathered in Russia for the three-day conference. (Photo by Alexander Aleshkin/Epsilon/Getty Images)

MAKS (Russian: МАКС, Russian: Международный авиационно-космический салон, International Aviation and Space Salon) is The International Air Show took place near Moscow, Russia on Zhukovskiy LII air field on 16-21 August 2011.

MAKS – 2011 provides experts and businessmen a rare opportunity to establish contacts at various levels, further development of R&D and production cooperation and search for new business partners.

The International Garden Photographer of the Year has announced the winner of their Black & White Photo Project 2019. Here: Blue Tit, Criccieth, Wales. (Photo by Alan Price/The International Garden Photographer of the Year)

Models get ready backstage before the presentation of the Etam Live Show Lingerie at the Fashion Week in Paris, France, September 27, 2016. (Photo by Charles Platiau/Reuters)

Ruins of a building are seen in the old village of Belchite, in northern Spain, November 13, 2016. Almost 80 years ago Tomas Ortin fled under the cover of night from his home in the small town of Belchite on Spain's northern plains to escape with hundreds of others from one of the bloodiest battles of the country's civil war. At 94 years old, Ortin now lives just across the road from Belchite, which has lain in ruins since Republican forces attacked it, a symbol of the destruction caused by the 1936-1939 war in which an estimated 500,000 people died. (Photo by Andrea Comas/Reuters)

An alert-looking Maine Coon during the Grand Prix Royal Canin cat exhibition in Moscow, Russia on December 4, 2016. The breed’s origin is unknown, but one legend claims it is descended from cats brought to the US by an English seafarer called Captain Coon. (Photo by Dmitry Serebryakov/TASS)