Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev (third right) attending the concert on the opening night of the new building of the Mari State Opera and Ballet Theater, named after Erik Sapayev, in Yoshkar Ola, June 24, 2014.24.06.2014#2452617
Russian Prime Minister (left) speaking before the concert on the occasion of opening the new building of the Mari State Opera and Ballet Theater, named after Erik Sapayev, in Yoshkar Ola.24.06.2014#2452615
June 24, 2014. Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev makes a speech before the concert devoted to the opening of the new building of the Eric Sapayev Mari State Opera and Ballet Theater in Yoshkar-Ola.24.06.2014#2452614
Dmitry Medvedev (right), Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, meeting with Leonid Markelov, Head and Prime Minister of the Mariy El Republic, in Yoshkar-Ola, June 24, 2014.24.06.2014#2452606
Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev (fourth left) meeting with the heads of musical theaters in Yoshkar Ola, June 24, 2014.24.06.2014#2452602
Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev (center) meeting with the heads of musical theaters in Yoshkar Ola, June 24, 2014.24.06.2014#2452601
Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev (left) meeting with the heads of musical theaters in Yoshkar Ola, June 24, 2014. Second left: Culture Minister Vladimir Medinsky.24.06.2014#2452600
Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev (center) visiting the National Art Gallery in Yoshkar-Ola, June 24, 2014. Left: Leonid Markelov, Head of the Mariy El Republic.24.06.2014#2452599
Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev (right) visiting the National Art Gallery in Yoshkar-Ola, June 24, 2014. Left: Leonid Markelov, Head of the Mariy El Republic.24.06.2014#2452598
Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev meeting with the Mariy El Republic's United Russia Party activists at the National Art School in Yoshkar-Ola, June 24, 2014.24.06.2014#2452595
Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev (center) seen outside the National Art School in Yoshkar-Ola, June 24, 2014. Left: Leonid Markelov, Head of the Maiy El Republic. Right: Mikhail Babich, the Russian President's Representative in the Volga Federal District.24.06.2014#2452592
Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev meeting with the Mariy El Republic's United Russia Party activists at the National Art School in Yoshkar-Ola, June 24, 2014.24.06.2014#2452591
June 24, 2014. Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev meets with activists of the United Russia National Political Party at the National School of Arts in Ioshkar-Ola, the capital of the Marii El Republic.24.06.2014#2452590
June 24, 2014. Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev meets with activists of the United Russia National Political Party at the National School of Arts in Ioshkar-Ola, the capital of the Marii El Republic.24.06.2014#2452588
June 24, 2014. Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, center, admires monument to His Holiness Alexy II, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, the founder of the Ioshkar-Ola and Marii El Diocese, on Patriarch Square in Ioshkar-Ola. Left: Head of the Marii El Republic Leonid Markelov. Right: Mikhail Babich, Plenipotentiary Presidential Envoy to the Volga Federal District.24.06.2014#2452587
June 24, 2014. Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, center, in front of the National School of Arts in Ioshkar-Ola. Left: Head of the Marii El Republic Leonid Markelov. Right: Mikhail Babich, Plenipotentiary Presidential Envoy to the Volga Federal District.24.06.2014#2452586
June 24, 2014. Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, center, in front of the National School of Arts in Ioshkar-Ola. Left: Head of the Marii El Republic Leonid Markelov. Right: Mikhail Babich, Plenipotentiary Presidential Envoy to the Volga Federal District.24.06.2014#2452585