From left: Duma Speaker Sergei Naryshkin, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko attending the State Council's enlarged meeting in the Kremlin, April 24, 2012.24.04.2012#1102842
President Dmitry Medvedev speaking at the State Council's enlarged meeting in the Kremlin, April 24, 2012.24.04.2012#1102841
President Dmitry Medvedev (foreground) speaking at the State Council's enlarged meeting in the Kremlin, April 24, 2012. Background, from left: Duma Speaker Sergei Naryshkin, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko, Vice-Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov, Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev and the Presidential Office's Deputy Chief Vyacheslav Volodin.24.04.2012#1102840
Alexander Khloponin, Vice-Prime Minister, the President's Representative in the North-Caucasian Federal District, Igor Sechin, Vice-Prime Minister, and Dmitry Kozak, Vice-Prime Minister, to attend the State Council's enlarged session in the Kremlin, April 24, 2012.24.04.2012#1102839
From left: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin after the extended meeting of the State Council of Russia, 24 April 2012.24.04.2012#1102783
From left: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin after the extended meeting of the State Council of Russia, 24 April 2012.24.04.2012#1102782
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev addresses the extended meeting of Russia's State Council in the Kremlin, 24 April 2012.24.04.2012#1102666
Russian President Medvedev, center, addresses the extended meeting of Russia's State Council in the Kremlin, 24 April 2012.24.04.2012#1102663
Russian President Medvedev, center, addresses the extended meeting of Russia's State Council in the Kremlin, 24 April 2012.24.04.2012#1102662
Russian President Medvedev addresses the extended meeting of Russia's State Council in the Kremlin, 24 April 2012.24.04.2012#1102652
From left in the center: State Duma speaker Sergey Naryshkin and Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin at the extended meeting of Russia's State Council in the Kremlin, 24 April 2012.24.04.2012#1102651
Russian President Medvedev addresses the extended meeting of Russia's State Council in the Kremlin, 24 April 2012.24.04.2012#1102649
Russian President Medvedev addresses the extended meeting of Russia's State Council in the Kremlin, 24 April 2012.24.04.2012#1102648
Russian President Medvedev enters the extended meeting of Russia's State Council in the Kremlin, 24 April 2012.24.04.2012#1102647
Leader of the Just Russia Party Sergey Mironov ahead of the extended meeting of Russia's State Council in the Kremlin, 24 April 2012.24.04.2012#1102645
From left in the foreground: Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov, Culture Minister Aleksandr Avdeyev, State Duma deputy and multiple times Paralympic champion and winner Mikhail Terentyev, and director of the Federal Security Service Aleksandr Bortnikov ahead of the extended meeting of Russia's State Council in the Kremlin, 24 April 2012.24.04.2012#1102644
From left: Governor of the Moscow Region Boris Gromov and Governor of St Petersburg Georgy Poltavchenko talk ahead of the extended meeting of Russia's State Council in the Kremlin, 24 April 2012.24.04.2012#1102643
From left: Governor of the Voronezh Region Aleksei Gordeyev and head of the Chechen Republic Ramzan Kadyrov talk ahead of the extended meeting of Russia's State Council in the Kremlin, 24 April 2012.24.04.2012#1102642
From left: Speaker of the Federation Council Valentina Matviyenko, Mayor of Moscow Sergey Sobyanin and governor of St Petersburg Georgy Poltavchenko talk ahead of the extended meeting of Russia's State Council in the Kremlin, 24 April 2012.24.04.2012#1102641
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin and director of the Federal Security Service Aleksandr Bortnikov talk ahead of the extended meeting of Russia's State Council in the Kremlin, 24 April 2012.24.04.2012#1102640
Russian Economic Development Minister Elvira Nabiullina and Deputy Prime Minister Sergey Ivanov talk ahead of the extended meeting of Russia's State Council in the Kremlin, 24 April 2012.24.04.2012#1102639