May 27, 2014. President Vladimir Putin (left) and hockey player of the Russian national team Alexander Ovechkin at the award ceremony on the team's victory in the 2014 world championship in Minsk, in the Grand Kremlin Palace.27.05.2014#2438967
Chief Coach of the Russian national hockey team Oleg Znarok at the reception devoted to the award ceremony on the team's victory in the 2014 world championship in Minsk, in the Grand Kremlin Palace.27.05.2014#2438966
Hockey players of the Russian national team Nikolai Kulemin, Danis Zaripov and Alexander Ovechkin (from left to right) at the reception devoted to the award ceremony on the team's victory in the 2014 world championship in Minsk, in the Grand Kremlin Palace.27.05.2014#2438965
May 27, 2014. President Vladimir Putin (left in the foreground) with hockey players and coaches of the Russian national team that won the 2014 world championship in Minsk, in the Grand Kremlin Palace. From left to right in the second row -- the team's Chief Coach Oleg Znarok, hockey player Alexander Ovechkin and the team's General Manager Andrei Safronov.27.05.2014#2438964
May 27, 2014. Hockey player of the Russian national team Viktor Tikhonov (right) and his grandfather, Soviet hockey player and Merited Coach of the USSR Viktor Tikhonov at the reception devoted to the award ceremony on the team's victory in the 2014 world championship in Minsk, in the Grand Kremlin Palace.27.05.2014#2438961
President Vladimir Putin attending the Grand Kremlin Palace award ceremony following the Russian national ice hockey team's win at the 2014 world championship in Minsk, May 27, 2014.27.05.2014#2438956
President Vladimir Putin (left) seen with Artyom Anisimov, player of the Russian national hockey team, winner of the 2014 world championship in Minsk, at the award ceremony in the Grand Kremlin Palace, May 27, 2014.27.05.2014#2438955
President Vladimir Putin (left) seen with Oleg Znarok, chief coach of the Russian national hockey team, winner of the 2014 world championship in Minsk, at the award ceremony in the Grand Kremlin Palace, May 27, 2014.27.05.2014#2438953
May 27, 2014. President Vladimir Putin, member of the Russian national hockey team Viktor Tikhonov and his grandfather, Soviet hockey player and Merited Coach of the USSR Viktor Tikhonov (from right to left) at the reception devoted to the award ceremony on the team's victory in the 2014 world championship in Minsk, in the Grand Kremlin Palace.27.05.2014#2438951
From left: President Vladimir Putin, Russian Ice Hockey Federation Head Vladislav Tretyak and the Russian team's General Manager Andrei Safronov attending the Grand Kremlin Palace award ceremony following the Russian national ice hockey team's win at the 2014 world championship in Minsk, May 27, 2014.27.05.2014#2438937
The hockey players Alexander Ovechkin (right) and Nikolai Kulemin attending the Grand Kremlin Palace award ceremony following the Russian national ice hockey team's win at the 2014 world championship in Minsk, May 27, 2014.27.05.2014#2438935
Fromleft: the player Danis Zaripov, President Vladimir Putin and players Alexander Ovechkin and Nikolai Kulemin attending the Grand Kremlin Palace award ceremony following the Russian national ice hockey team's win at the 2014 world championship in Minsk, May 27, 2014.27.05.2014#2438934
From left: President Vladimir Putin and the players Alexander Ovechkin and Nikolai Kulemin attending the Grand Kremlin Palace award ceremony following the Russian national ice hockey team's win at the 2014 world championship in Minsk, May 27, 2014.27.05.2014#2438933
President Vladimir Putin speaking at the Grand Kremlin Palace award ceremony following the Russian national ice hockey team's win at the 2014 world championship in Minsk, May 27, 2014.27.05.2014#2438932
President Vladimir Putin speaking at the Grand Kremlin Palace award ceremony following the Russian national ice hockey team's win at the 2014 world championship in Minsk, May 27, 2014.27.05.2014#2438930
President Vladimir Putin speaking at the Grand Kremlin Palace award ceremony following the Russian national ice hockey team's win at the 2014 world championship in Minsk, May 27, 2014.27.05.2014#2438928
President Vladimir Putin (second left) with the players Danis Zaripov (left), Nikolai Kulemin (right) and Alexander Ovechkin (second right) attending the Grand Kremlin Palace award ceremony following the Russian national ice hockey team's win at the 2014 world championship in Minsk, May 27, 2014.27.05.2014#2438927
May 27, 2014. President Vladimir Putin, center, with players and coaches of the Russian national ice hockey team, winners of the 2014 IIHF World Championships in Minsk, at a reception after an award ceremony in the Grand Kremlin Palace. Back, right to left: General Manager of the team Andrei Safronov, player Alexander Ovechkin and head coach Oleg Znarok.27.05.2014#2438910
May 27, 2014. President Vladimir Putin, center, with players and coaches of the Russian national ice hockey team, winners of the 2014 IIHF World Championships in Minsk, at a reception after an award ceremony in the Grand Kremlin Palace. Right to left: player of the Russian national ice hockey team Alexander Ovechkin, Minister of Sports Vitaly Mutko, General Manager of the team Andrei Safronov, President of the Russian Olympic Committee and State Duma First Deputy Speaker Alexander Zhukov and Sports Director of the team Oleg Kupriyanov.27.05.2014#2438885
President Vladimir Putin (center) seen with the Russian national hockey team's coaches and players, winners of the 2014 world championship in Minsk, at the award ceremony in the Grand Kremlin Palace, May 27, 2014.27.05.2014#2438881
Ice hockey players Andrei Zubarev, Danis Zaripov, left, and Alexander Ovechkin and Yevgeny Medvedev (right to left) in the Moscow Kremlin during a celebration of the Russian national ice hockey team's victory in the 2014 IIHF World Championships in Minsk.27.05.2014#2438796
Ice hockey player Alexander Kutuzov, left, in the Moscow Kremlin during a celebration of the Russian national ice hockey team's victory in the 2014 IIHF World Championships in Minsk.27.05.2014#2438795
Ice hockey players Andrei Zubarev, Danis Zaripov and his son Artur, left, and Yevgeny Medvedev, right, in the Moscow Kremlin during a celebration of the Russian national ice hockey team's victory in the 2014 IIHF World Championships in Minsk.27.05.2014#2438794