A female Interior Ministry officer salutes during a graduation ceremony at the Far Eastern Law Institute of Russia's Ministry of Internal Affairs in the city of Vladivostok, July 28, 2010. Seven female officers from a total of 50 officers graduated after going through a five-year course.

Female Interior Ministry officers march during a graduation ceremony at the Far Eastern Law Institute of Russia's Ministry of Internal Affairs in the city of Vladivostok, July 28, 2010. Seven female officers from a total of 50 officers graduated after going through a five-year course.

A soldier holds a candle during a ceremony marking adoption of Christianity, in the town of Stavropol, July 28, 2010. Russia officially celebrated a new holiday on Wednesday marking its conversion to Christianity in 988, the latest Kremlin boost to an Orthodox Church that has grown increasingly powerful since the fall of Communism.