Pictures of the Week: May 21 – May 27, 2005

Moscow residents take to the streets after a power outage that President Vladimir Putni blamed on state-owned electricity monopoly
FYODOR SAVINTSEV / ITAR-TASS / ABACA

Inconvenienced Russians
Moscow was plunged into chaos on Wednesday after a big power outage that President Vladimir Putin blamed on state-owned electricity monopoly. Electricity was suddenly cut off to swathes of Moscow bringing large sections of the public transport system to a halt

Wednesday, May 25, 2005