Eye of the Photographer

Kommersant newspaper’s Dmitry Azarov (featured on page 32), has a gift for catching public figures in their private moments.

Opposite page: Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov (top left) and Valentina Matvienko (top right). An eerie shot (bottom) through the glass of President Putin’s limousine won Azarov Russia’s top photo prize.

This page (clockwise from upper left): Victor Gerashchenko, recently-sacked head of the Russian Central Bank; Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev helps TV-6 journalist Svetlana Sorokina keep her seat; Arkady Volsky; Communist Party leader Gennady Zyuganov; Boris Nemtsov and fellow politician Irina Khakamata.