Valery Rayenko, chairman of the Kamchatka Territory Legislative Assembly, during a meeting of President Vladimir Putin with members of the Presidium of the Russian Federal Assembly's Council of Lawmakers.

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Sergei Bebenin, Deputy Chairman of the Leningrad Region Legislative Assembly, during a meeting between President Vladimir Putin and members of the Lawmaking Council board under the Federation Council.

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Moscow City Duma Speaker Andrei Platonov during a meeting between President Vladimir Putin and members of the Lawmaking Council board under the Federation Council.

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Alexander Torshin, first deputy chairman of the Federation Council at the Russian Federal Assembly, during a meeting of President Vladimir Putin with members of the Presidium of the Russian Federal Assembly's Council of Lawmakers.

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Farid Mukhametshin, left, chairman of the Tatarstan Republic State Council, and Ivan Loor, chairman of the Altai Territory Legislative Assembly, during a meeting of President Vladimir Putin with members of the Presidium of the Russian Federal Assembly's Council of Lawmakers.

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Sergei Grachev, left, chairman of the Orenburg Regional Legislative Assembly, and Vladimir Varnavsky, speaker of the Omsk Regional Legislative Assembly, during a meeting of President Vladimir Putin with members of the Presidium of the Russian Federal Assembly's Council of Lawmakers.

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From left: Federation Council First Deputy Speaker Alexander Torshin, Presidential Executive Office First Deputy Head Vyacheslav Volodin and Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko during a meeting between President Vladimir Putin and members of the Lawmaking Council board under the Federation Council.

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Valery Rayenko, chairman of the Kamchatka Territory Legislative Assembly, during a meeting of Russian President Vladimir Putin with members of the Presidium of the Russian Federal Assembly's Council of Lawmakers.

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Sergei Bebenin, deputy chairman of the Leningrad Region Legislative Assembly, during a meeting between President Vladimir Putin and members of the Lawmaking Council board under the Federation Council.

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Vitaly Basygysov, chairman of the State Assembly (Il Tumen) of the Sakha Republic (Yakutiya), during a meeting of President Vladimir Putin with members of the Presidium of the Russian Federal Assembly's Council of Lawmakers.

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From left: Federation Council First Deputy Speaker Alexander Torshin, Presidential Executive Office First Deputy Head Vyacheslav Volodin and federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko during a meeting between President Vladimir Putin and members of the Lawmaking Council board under the Federation Council.

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Ivan Loor, chairman of the Altai Territory Legislative Assembly, during a meeting of President Vladimir Putin with members of the Presidium of the Russian Federal Assembly's Council of Lawmakers.

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Moscow City Duma Speaker Vladimir Platonov during a meeting between President Vladimir Putin and members of the Lawmaking Council board under the Federation Council.

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April 26, 2013. President Vladimir Putin, center, meets with members of the Lawmaking Council board under the Federation Council. Left: Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko. Right: State Duma Speaker Sergei Naryshkin.

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April 26, 2013. President Vladimir Putin at a meeting with members of the Lawmaking Council board at the Federation Council.

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April 26, 2013. President Vladimir Putin, right, and Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko at a meeting with members of the Lawmaking Council board at the Federation Council.

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April 26, 2013. President Vladimir Putin at a meeting with members of the Lawmaking Council board at the Federation Council.

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April 26, 2013. President Vladimir Putin, center right, at a meeting with members of the Lawmaking Council board at the Federation Council.

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April 26, 2013. President Vladimir Putin, background center, meets with members of the Lawmaking Council board under the Federal Assembly. From left: Presidential Executive Office First Deputy Head Vyacheslav Volodin and Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko. From right: Lyudmila Shvetsova and State Duma Speaker Sergei Naryshkin.

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April 26, 2013. President Vladimir Putin, right, at a meeting with members of the Lawmaking Council board at the Federation Council. From left: Vyacheslav Volodin, First Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office and Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko.

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April 26, 2013. President Vladimir Putin, center right, meets with members of the Lawmaking Council board.

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April 26, 2013. President Vladimir Putin, center, at a meeting with members of the Lawmaking Council board at the Federation Council. The attendees honor the victims of a fire in the village of Ramensky with a minute of silence.

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