September 15, 2009. President Dmitry Medvedev, right, meeting with the Valdai Discussion Club at the Demonstration Hall of the Main Department Store (GUM). From left: Jan Carnogursky, chairman of the Slovak-Russian Society, Alexei Gromov, presidential press secretary, and Feng Shaolei, Director of the Center for Russian Studies at the Shanghai Institute for International Studies.15.09.2009#454369
September 15, 2009. President Dmitry Medvedev, right, meeting with the Valdai Discussion Club at the Demonstration Hall of the Main Department Store (GUM).15.09.2009#454367
September 15, 2009. President Dmitry Medvedev, center, meeting with the Valdai Discussion Club at the Demonstration Hall of the Main Department Store (GUM). Left: Feng Shaolei, Director of the Center for Russian Studies at the Shanghai Institute for International Studies. Right: Professor Angela Stent, Director of Georgetown University's Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies.15.09.2009#454366
September 15, 2009. President Dmitry Medvedev meeting with the Valdai Discussion Club at the Demonstration Hall of the Main Department Store (GUM).15.09.2009#454365
September 15, 2009. President Dmitry Medvedev meeting with the Valdai Discussion Club at the Demonstration Hall of the Main Department Store (GUM).15.09.2009#454364
President Dmitry Medvedev meeting with the Valdai Discussion Club at the Demonstration Hall of the Main Department Store (GUM).15.09.2009#454363
President Dmitry Medvedev meeting with the Valdai Discussion Club at the Demonstration Hall of the Main Department Store (GUM). Right: Angela Stent, Director of the Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies in the Georgetown School of Foreign Service.15.09.2009#454351
September 15, 2009. President Dmitry Medvedev, left, meeting with the Valdai Discussion Club at the Demonstration Hall of the Main Department Store (GUM). From right: Nobuo Shimotomai, professor at Tokyo University, a member of the Japan-Russia Eminent Persons' Council, and Mehdi Sanaei, director of the Center for Russian, Central Asian and Caucasian Studies.15.09.2009#454350
September 15, 2009. President Dmitry Medvedev, left, meeting with the Valdai Discussion Club at the Demonstration Hall of the Main Department Store (GUM). Right: Mehdi Sanaei, director of the Center for Russian, Central Asian and Caucasian Studies.15.09.2009#454349
President Dmitry Medvedev meeting with the Valdai Discussion Club at the Demonstration Hall of the Main Department Store (GUM). Right: Russia Today editor-in-chief Margarita Simonyan.15.09.2009#454348
President Dmitry Medvedev meeting with the Valdai Discussion Club at the Demonstration Hall of the Main Department Store (GUM). Right: RIA Novosti editor-in-chief Svetlana Mironyuk.15.09.2009#454347
President Dmitry Medvedev, left, meeting with the Valdai Discussion Club at the Demonstration Hall of the Main Department Store (GUM). Right: Hélène Carrère d'Encausse, secretary of the Académie Française, and Sergei Karaganov, chairman of the presidium of the Russian Council on Foreign and Defense Policy.15.09.2009#454345
September 15, 2009. President Dmitry Medvedev, right, meeting with the Valdai Discussion Club at the Demonstration Hall of the Main Department Store (GUM). From right: Ariel Cohen, senior research fellow in Russian studies at the Heritage Foundation, and Timothy Colton, director of the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies.15.09.2009#454341
President Dmitry Medvedev, left, meeting with the Valdai Discussion Club at the Demonstration Hall of the Main Department Store (GUM). From right: Jan Carnogursky, chairman of the Slovak-Russian Society, Alexei Gromov, presidential press secretary, and Feng Shaolei, Director of the Center for Russian Studies at the Shanghai Institute for International Studies.15.09.2009#454340
President Dmitry Medvedev and Angela Stent, professor at Georgetown University, during a meeting with the Valdai Discussion Club at the Demonstration Hall of the Main Department Store (GUM).15.09.2009#454307
President Dmitry Medvedev and Angela Stent, professor at Georgetown University, during a meeting with the Valdai Discussion Club at the Demonstration Hall of the Main Department Store (GUM).15.09.2009#454306
RIA Novosti editor-in-chief Svetlana Mironyuk during a meeting between President Dmitry Medvedev and the Valdai Discussion Club at the Demonstration Hall of the Main Department Store (GUM).15.09.2009#454305
President Dmitry Medvedev, right, meeting with the Valdai Discussion Club at the Demonstration Hall of the Main Department Store (GUM).15.09.2009#454304
President Dmitry Medvedev, right, meeting with the Valdai Discussion Club at the Demonstration Hall of the Main Department Store (GUM).15.09.2009#454303
President Dmitry Medvedev meeting with the Valdai Discussion Club at the Demonstration Hall of the Main Department Store (GUM).15.09.2009#454298
September 15, 2009. President Dmitry Medvedev meeting with the Valdai Discussion Club at the Demonstration Hall of the Main Department Store (GUM).15.09.2009#454289
September 15, 2009. President Dmitry Medvedev meeting with the Valdai Discussion Club at the Demonstration Hall of the Main Department Store (GUM).15.09.2009#454288
September 15, 2009. President Dmitry Medvedev meeting with the Valdai Discussion Club at the Demonstration Hall of the Main Department Store (GUM).15.09.2009#454287
September 15, 2009. President Dmitry Medvedev meeting with the Valdai Discussion Club at the Demonstration Hall of the Main Department Store (GUM).15.09.2009#454286
September 15, 2009. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, center, meeting with members of the Valdai Discussion Club at the showroom of the Moscow-based Main Department Store [GUM]. Left: Feng Shaolei, Director of the Center for Russian Studies at the Shanghai Institute for International Studies. Right: Professor Angela Stent, Director of Georgetown University's Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies.15.09.2009#454285
September 15, 2009. President Dmitry Medvedev, center, meeting with the Valdai Discussion Club at the Demonstration Hall of the Main Department Store (GUM). From left: Jan Carnogursky, chairman of the Slovak-Russian Society, Alexei Gromov, deputy head of the Presidential Executive Office, Feng Shaolei, Director of the Center for Russian Studies at the Shanghai Institute for International Studies, the Russian president, Professor Angela Stent, Director of Georgetown University's Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies, and Natalya Timakova, presidential press secretary.15.09.2009#454284
September 15, 2009. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, center, meeting with members of the Valdai Discussion Club at the showroom of the Moscow-based Main Department Store [GUM]. Left: Feng Shaolei, Director of the Center for Russian Studies at the Shanghai Institute for International Studies. Right: Professor Angela Stent, Director of Georgetown University's Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies.15.09.2009#454283
September 15, 2009. President Dmitry Medvedev meeting with the Valdai Discussion Club at the Demonstration Hall of the Main Department Store (GUM).15.09.2009#454282
President Dmitry Medvedev, foreground, and Alexei Gromov, second from left, deputy head of the Presidential Executive Office, meeting with the Valdai Discussion Club at the Demonstration Hall of the Main Department Store (GUM).15.09.2009#454280
President Dmitry Medvedev, left, and RIA Novosti editor-in-chief Svetlana Mironyuk. The president meeting with the Valdai Discussion Club at the Demonstration Hall of the Main Department Store (GUM). Background, center: Sergei Karaganov, deputy director of the Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences.15.09.2009#454279
President Dmitry Medvedev, left, meeting with the Valdai Discussion Club at the Demonstration Hall of the Main Department Store (GUM).15.09.2009#454278
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Moscow's Red Square before meeting with members of the Valdai Discussion Club at the showroom of the Main Department Store [GuM].15.09.2009#454277
President Dmitry Medvedev before a meeting with the Valdai Discussion Club that took place at the Demonstration Hall of the Main Department Store (GUM).15.09.2009#454267
President Dmitry Medvedev before a meeting with the Valdai Discussion Club that took place at the Demonstration Hall of the Main Department Store (GUM).15.09.2009#454266
President Dmitry Medvedev before a meeting with the Valdai Discussion Club that took place at the Demonstration Hall of the Main Department Store (GUM).15.09.2009#454265
President Dmitry Medvedev, left, on Red Square before a meeting with the Valdai Discussion Club at the Main Department Store (GUM).15.09.2009#454260
President Dmitry Medvedev, foreground, on Red Square before a meeting with the Valdai Discussion Club at the Main Department Store (GUM).15.09.2009#454259
President Dmitry Medvedev, foreground, on Red Square before a meeting with the Valdai Discussion Club at the Main Department Store (GUM).15.09.2009#454258
President Dmitry Medvedev, foreground, on Red Square before a meeting with the Valdai Discussion Club at the Main Department Store (GUM).15.09.2009#454257
President Dmitry Medvedev, foreground, on Red Square before a meeting with the Valdai Discussion Club at the Main Department Store (GUM).15.09.2009#454256
President Dmitry Medvedev, foreground, on Red Square before a meeting with the Valdai Discussion Club at the Main Department Store (GUM).15.09.2009#454255
President Dmitry Medvedev, foreground, on Red Square before a meeting with the Valdai Discussion Club at the Main Department Store (GUM).15.09.2009#454254
President Dmitry Medvedev before a meeting with the Valdai Discussion Club at the Main Department Store (GUM).15.09.2009#454252
President Dmitry Medvedev, left, before a meeting with the Valdai Discussion Club at the Main Department Store (GUM).15.09.2009#454251
President Dmitry Medvedev, left, before a meeting with the Valdai Discussion Club at the Main Department Store (GUM).15.09.2009#454249
President Dmitry Medvedev on Red Square before a meeting with the Valdai Discussion Club at the Main Department Store (GUM).15.09.2009#454248
From left: Natalya Timakova, presidential press secretary, Sergei Karaganov, deputy director of the Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Svetlana Mironyuk, RIA Novosti editor-in-chief, and Alexander Gromov, deputy head of the Presidential Executive Office, during a meeting between President Dmitry Medvedev and the Valdai Discussion Club, at the Demonstration Hall of the Main Department Store (GUM).15.09.2009#454221
President Dmitry Medvedev, right, meeting with the Valdai Discussion Club at the Demonstration Hall of the Main Department Store (GUM). Background, left: Bosco di Ciliegi chairman of the board Mikhail Kusnirovich.15.09.2009#454220
President Dmitry Medvedev and Angela Stent, professor at Georgetown University, during a meeting with the Valdai Discussion Club at the Demonstration Hall of the Main Department Store (GUM).15.09.2009#454190