Illegal Activities in Russia

Entering the Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg in 2006, we didn't pay the extra charge that allows you to photograph. So we spent a day wandering around the treasures, obeying the rules with camera in pocket. But eventually realising that nobody was watching we started snapping away.

I saw this amazing view of Alexander Column in Palace Square from a first floor window and had no choice but to capture it.

St Petersburg was largely unknown until James Bond visited in Goldeneye