Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko, right, talks with journalists after an off-site meeting of the Federation Council at the Duma Hall of the Tauride Palace in St. Petersburg.

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Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko, center, after an off-site meeting of the Federation Council at the Duma Hall of the Tauride Palace in St. Petersburg.

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Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko, right, after an off-site meeting of the Federation Council at the Duma Hall of the Tauride Palace in St. Petersburg.

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Federation Council member Dmitry Ananyev during an off-site meeting of the Federation Council at the Duma Hall of the Tauride Palace in St. Petersburg.

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Federation Council members Ruslan Gattarov and Alexei Pimanov, background, during an off-site meeting of the Federation Council at the Duma Hall of the Tauride Palace in St. Petersburg.

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An off-site meeting of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, at the Duma Hall of the Tauride Palace in St. Petersburg.

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An off-site meeting of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, at the Duma Hall of the Tauride Palace in St. Petersburg.

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Federation Council member Dmitry Ananyev during an off-site meeting of the Federation Council at the Duma Hall of the Tauride Palace in St. Petersburg.

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Russia's Prosecutor General Yuri Chaika during an off-site meeting of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, at the Duma Hall of the Tauride Palace in St. Petersburg.

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Russia's Prosecutor General Yuri Chaika during an off-site meeting of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, at the Duma Hall of the Tauride Palace in St. Petersburg.

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Federation Council member Sergei Lisovsky during an off-site meeting of the Federation Council at the Duma Hall of the Tauride Palace in St. Petersburg.

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Federation Council member Sergei Lisovsky, left, during an off-site meeting of the Federation Council at the Duma Hall of the Tauride Palace in St. Petersburg.

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Members of the Federation Council during an off-site meeting of the Federation Council at the Duma Hall of the Tauride Palace in St. Petersburg.

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Deputy Chairmen of the Federation Council Vyacheslav Shtyrov, left, and Yevgeny Bushmin, right, and Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko during an off-site meeting of the Federation Council at the Duma Hall of the Tauride Palace in St. Petersburg.

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Federation Council member Artur Chilingarov during an off-site meeting of the Federation Council at the Duma Hall of the Tauride Palace in St. Petersburg.

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Federation Council members Andrei Klishas and Alexei Alexandrov, from left, during an off-site meeting of the Federation Council at the Duma Hall of the Tauride Palace in St. Petersburg.

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