December 8, 2014. Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Irina Bokova during her meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the State Hermitage Museum.08.12.2014#2540784
December 8, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin during his meeting with Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Irina Bokova in the State Hermitage Museum.08.12.2014#2540783
December 8, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Irina Bokova during their meeting in the State Hermitage Museum.08.12.2014#2540782
December 8, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, and Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Irina Bokova, second left, during their meeting in the State Hermitage Museum.08.12.2014#2540781
December 8, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Irina Bokova during their meeting in the State Hermitage Museum.08.12.2014#2540780
December 8, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at the reception held on the occasion of the 250th anniversary of the State Hermitage Museum.08.12.2014#2540760
December 8, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at the reception held on the occasion of the 250th anniversary of the State Hermitage Museum.08.12.2014#2540759
December 8, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at the reception held on the occasion of the 250th anniversary of the State Hermitage Museum.08.12.2014#2540758
December 8, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Director of the State Hermitage Museum Mikhail Piotrovsky during the president's visit to the museum.08.12.2014#2540757
December 8, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at the reception held on the occasion of the 250th anniversary of the State Hermitage Museum.08.12.2014#2540756
December 8, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Director of the State Hermitage Museum Mikhail Piotrovsky during the president's visit to the museum.08.12.2014#2540755
December 8, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Director of the State Hermitage Museum Mikhail Piotrovsky during the president's visit to the museum.08.12.2014#2540754
December 8, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Director of the State Hermitage Museum Mikhail Piotrovsky during the president's visit to the museum.08.12.2014#2540753
December 8, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Director of the State Hermitage Museum Mikhail Piotrovsky during the president's visit to the museum.08.12.2014#2540752
December 8, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Director of the State Hermitage Museum Mikhail Piotrovsky during the president's visit to the museum.08.12.2014#2540751
December 8, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin holds a meeting of the Presidential Council for Science and Education in St George's Hall of the State Hermitage Museum.08.12.2014#2540639
December 8, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin holds a meeting of the Presidential Council for Science and Education in St George's Hall of the State Hermitage Museum.08.12.2014#2540638
December 8, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin holds a meeting of the Presidential Council for Science and Education in St George's Hall of the State Hermitage Museum. Right - President of the Russian Academy of Sciences Vladimir Fortov.08.12.2014#2540637
December 8, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin holds a meeting of the Presidential Council for Science and Education in St George's Hall of the State Hermitage Museum. Left - Presidential Aide Andrey Fursenko.08.12.2014#2540636
December 8, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin holds a meeting of the Presidential Council for Science and Education in St George's Hall of the State Hermitage Museum. Right - President of the Russian Academy of Sciences Vladimir Fortov.08.12.2014#2540635
December 8, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Director of the State Hermitage Museum Mikhail Piotrovsky during the president's visit to the museum.08.12.2014#2540618
December 8, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin holds a meeting of the Presidential Council for Science and Education in St George's Hall of the State Hermitage Museum.08.12.2014#2540617
December 8, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Director of the State Hermitage Museum Mikhail Piotrovsky during the president's visit to the museum.08.12.2014#2540616
December 8, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin pictured with People's Artist of the USSR Alisa Freindlich and artistic director of the Tovstonogov Bolshoi Drama Theater Andrey Moguchy, from right, during his visit to the theater.08.12.2014#2540615
December 8, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulates People's Artist of the USSR, actress of the Tovstonogov Bolshoi Drama Theater Alisa Freindlich on her jubilee during his visit to the theater.08.12.2014#2540614
December 8, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulates People's Artist of the USSR, actress of the Tovstonogov Bolshoi Drama Theater Alisa Freindlich on her jubilee during his visit to the theater.08.12.2014#2540613
December 8, 2014. People's Artist of the USSR, actress of the Tovstonogov Bolshoi Drama Theater Alisa Freindlich tries on a hat presented to her by Russian President Vladimir Putin on the occasion of her jubilee.08.12.2014#2540612
December 8, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulates People's Artist of the USSR, actress of the Tovstonogov Bolshoi Drama Theater Alisa Freindlich on her jubilee during his visit to the theater.08.12.2014#2540611
December 8, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulates People's Artist of the USSR, actress of the Tovstonogov Bolshoi Drama Theater Alisa Freindlich on her jubilee during his visit to the theater.08.12.2014#2540610
December 8, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin during a meeting with Russian Constitutional Court judges in St. Petersburg.08.12.2014#2540576
December 8, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin during a meeting with Russian Constitutional Court judges in St. Petersburg.08.12.2014#2540575
December 8, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin during a meeting with Russian Constitutional Court judges in St. Petersburg.08.12.2014#2540574
December 8, 2014. Russian Constitutional Court Chairman Valery Zorkin attends Russian President Vladimir Putin's meeting with Constitutional Court judges in St. Petersburg.08.12.2014#2540573
December 8, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, during a meeting with Russian Constitutional Court judges in St. Petersburg.08.12.2014#2540572
December 8, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia visit the Church of Venerable Sergius of Radonezh in Tsarskoye Selo.08.12.2014#2540549
December 8, 2014. From right: Russian President Vladimir Putin, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia and church senior priest, Father Gennady inspect the exposition "Guard riflemen serving the Motherland" at the Church of Venerable Sergius of Radonezh in Tsarskoye Selo.08.12.2014#2540521
December 8, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin visits the Church of Venerable Sergius of Radonezh in Tsarskoye Selo.08.12.2014#2540516
December 8, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin writes in the honorary guests book during his visit at the exposition "Guard riflemen serving the Motherland" at the Church of Venerable Sergius of Radonezh in Tsarskoye Selo. The church's senior priest, Father Gennady, left. Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, second right. Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, head of the guardian council for the church's restoration, background, left.08.12.2014#2540515
December 8, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin, third left, inspects the exposition "Guard riflemen serving the Motherland" at the Church of Venerable Sergius of Radonezh in Tsarskoye Selo. Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, fourth left.08.12.2014#2540514
December 8, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin visits the Church of Venerable Sergius of Radonezh in Tsarskoye Selo.08.12.2014#2540513
December 8, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin visits the Church of Venerable Sergius of Radonezh in Tsarskoye Selo.08.12.2014#2540512
December 8, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, and Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia visit the Church of Venerable Sergius of Radonezh in Tsarskoye Selo. The church's senior priest, Father Gennady, left.08.12.2014#2540511