Alfa Group Consortium's Supervisory Council chairman Mikhail Fridman, left, and businessman and USM Holdings founder Alisher Usmanov before Russian President Vladimir Putin's meeting with members of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs' administrative office.

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President Vladimir Putin (right) congratulating Economic Development Minister Aleksei Ulyukaev on his birthday, before meeting with the chief executives of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs in Moscow, March 24, 2016.

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Oleg Belozerov, Head, Russian Railways Company, seen before the beginning of President Vladimir Putin's meeting with the chief executives of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs in Moscow, March 24, 2016.

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Federal Tax Service Chief Mikhail Mushutin (left) and Finance Minister Anton Siluanov seen before the beginning of President Vladimir Putin's meeting with the chief executives of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs in Moscow, March 24, 2016.

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President Vladimir Putin meeting with the chief executives of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs in Moscow, March 24, 2016.

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Federal Tax Service Chief Mikhail Mushustin speaking at President Vladimir Putin's meeting with the chief executives of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs in Moscow, March 24, 2016.

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March 24, 2016. Kirill Dmitriyev, general director of the Russian Direct Investment Fund, at a plenary meeting of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs in Moscow.

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March 24, 2016. Presidential Aide Andrei Belousov at a plenary meeting of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs in Moscow.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin at the plenary session of the annual conference of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, March 24, 2016.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and President of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, Alexander Shokhin, at the union's annual conference, March 24, 2016.

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March 24, 2016. President Vladimir Putin at a plenary meeting of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs in Moscow.

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March 24, 2016. President Vladimir Putin speaks at a plenary meeting of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs in Moscow.

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March 24, 2016. President Vladimir Putin at a plenary meeting of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs in Moscow.

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March 24, 2016. From right: President Vladimir Putin, President of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs Alexander Shokhin and Minister of Economic Development Alexei Ulyukayev at a plenary meeting of the union's conference in Moscow.

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March 24, 2016. President Vladimir Putin at a plenary meeting of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs conference in Moscow.

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March 24, 2016. President Vladimir Putin, right, and President of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs Alexander Shokhin at a plenary meeting of the unions conference.

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March 24, 2016. President Vladimir Putin, right, and President the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs Alexander Shokhin at a plenary meeting of the union's conference in Moscow.

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March 24, 2016. Taking a picture of President Vladimir Putin while he speaks at a plenary meeting of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs in Moscow.

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March 24, 2016. President Vladimir Putin speaks at a plenary meeting of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs.

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March 24, 2016. President Vladimir Putin speaks at the annual conference of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) and Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs Union (RUIE) President Alexander Shokhin attending the RUIE annual conference.

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President Vladimir Putin attending the annual conference of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs in Moscow, March 24, 2016.

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President Vladimir Putin at the annual conference of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs.

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President Vladimir Putin, right, and President of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs Alexander Shokhin at the union's annual conference.

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President Vladimir Putin speaks at the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs.

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President Vladimir Putin at the annual conference of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs.

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