Russian Finance Minsitert Anton Siluanov, right, and head of Russia's Foreign Intelligence Office Mikhail Fradkov are pictured following Russian President's annual address to the Federal Assembly in St George's Hall of the Kremlin.

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Leonid Tyagachev, left, a member of the Federation Council's International Affairs Committee, and Maria Maksakova-Igenbergs, member of the State Duma Culture Committee, are pictured following Russian President's annual address to the Federal Assembly in St George's Hall of the Kremlin.

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Gennady Zyuganov, head of the Communist Party's faction in the State Duma, is seen following Russian President's annual address to the Federal Assembly in St George's Hall of the Kremlin.

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Vladimir Zhirinovsky, left, leader of the Liberal Democratic Party's faction in the State Duma, is seen ahead of Russian President's annual address to the Federal Assembly in St George's Hall of the Kremlin.

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Vyacheslav Fetisov, first deputy chairman of the Federation Council's Committee on Social Policy, ahead of Russian President's annual address to the Federal Assembly in St George's Hall of the Kremlin.

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Leonid Tyagachev, left, a member of the Federation Council's International Affairs Committee, and Mikhail Shmakov, head of the Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Russia, ahead of Russian President's annual address to the Federal Assembly in St George's Hall of the Kremlin.

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Nikolai Valuyev, State Duma Deputy, United Russia faction, member of the Physical Culture, Sport and Youth Affairs Committee, is pictured as President Vladimir Putin delivers his annual address to the Federal Assembly at St George Hall of the Kremlin.

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Russian Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich is pictured following President Vladimir Putin's annual address to the Federal Assembly at St George Hall of the Kremlin.

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Natalya Dementyeva, a member of the Federation Council's Committee on Budget and Financial Markets, is pictured following President Vladimir Putin's annual address to the Federal Assembly at St George Hall of the Kremlin.

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Mayor of Moscow Sergei Sobyanin is pictured following President Vladimir Putin's annual address to the Federal Assembly at St George Hall of the Kremlin.

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Supreme Mufti and Chairman of the Central Muslim Board in Russia Talgat Tajuddin, left, and head of Russian Buddhists Pandito Hambo Lama Damba Ayushev are pictured following President Vladimir Putin's annual address to the Federal Assembly at St George Hall of the Kremlin.

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Russian Presidential ombudsman on children's rights Pavel Astakhav, left, and Deputy Prime Minister - Head of the Government's Staff Vladislav Surkov are pictured following President Vladimir Putin's annual address to the Federal Assembly at St George's Hall of the Kremlin.

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Russian President's press secretary Dmitry Peskov pictured after President Vladimir Putin's annual address to the Federal Assembly at St George Hall of the Kremlin.

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Russian State Duma Chairman Sergei Naryshkin, left, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, center, and First Deputy Duma Chairman Alexaner Zhukov before the annual Russian presidential address to the Federal Assembly at the Kremlin's St. George Hall.

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Pavel Astakhov, left, Russian presidential ombudsman for children's rights, and Aleksei Pushkov, center, chairman of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs, before the annual Russian presidential address to the Federal Assembly at the Kremlin's St. George Hall.

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Chairman of the Russian Federation Council Valentina Matviyenko before the annual Russian presidential address to the Federal Assembly at the Kremlin's St. George Hall.

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Alexander Khloponin, left, Russian deputy prime minister and presidential plenipotentiary envoy to the North Caucasus Federal District, and Gennady Zyuganov, leader of the CPRF faction in the State Duma, before the annual Russian presidential address to the Federal Assembly at the Kremlin's St. George Hall.

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Andrei Vorobyev, left, acting Moscow region governor, and Gennady Zyuganov, leader of the CPRF faction in the State Duma, before the annual Russian presidential address to the Federal Assembly at the Kremlin's St. George Hall.

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Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia before the annual Russian presidential address to the Federal Assembly at the Kremlin's St. George Hall.

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Vladimir Churov, chairman of the Russian Central Election Commission, before the annual Russian presidential address to the Federal Assembly at the Kremlin's St. George Hall.

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Stanislav Govorukhin, chairman of the State Duma Committee on Culture, before the annual Russian presidential address to the Federal Assembly at the Kremlin's St. George Hall.

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Russian presidential aide Andrei Fursenko before the annual Russian presidential address to the Federal Assembly at the Kremlin's St. George Hall.

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Entrepreneur Roman Abramovich, left, before the annual Russian presidential address to the Federal Assembly at the Kremlin's St. George Hall.

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Entrepreneur Roman Abramovich before the annual Russian presidential address to the Federal Assembly at the Kremlin's St. George Hall.

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Boris Titov, Russian presidential ombudsman for entrepreneurs' rights, before the annual Russian presidential address to the Federal Assembly at the Kremlin's St. George Hall.

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Vladislav Surkov, Russian deputy prime minister and chief of the Russian Government staff, with Russian presidential aide Tatyana Golikova before the annual Russian presidential address to the Federal Assembly at the Kremlin's St. George Hall.

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Chairman of the Russian Federation Council Valentina Matviyenko, center, and Russian Deputy Prime Minister on Social Affairs Olga Golodets before the annual Russian presidential address to the Federal Assembly at the Kremlin's St. George Hall.

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Alexander Zhukov, left, first deputy chairman of the Russian State Duma, and Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia before the annual Russian presidential address to the Federal Assembly at the Kremlin's St. George Hall.

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Federation Council members and State Duma deputies listen to the annual address of the Russian president to the Federal Assembly, at the Kremlin's St. George Hall.

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Photographers at work during the annual Russian presidential address to the Federal Assembly at the Kremlin's St. George Hall.

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Russia's Foreign Affairs Minister Sergei Lavrov before the president's annual address to the Federal Assembly, in the Kremlin.

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Federation Council member and State Duma deputies before the Russian president's annual address to the Federal Assembly, at the Kremlin's St. George Hall.

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Russian president's annual address to the Federal Assembly on a screen at the Kremlin's St. George Hall.

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