The inaugural session of the Interparliamentary Assembly of CIS member nations marking its 25th anniversary at the Tavrichesky Palace in St. Petersburg

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Nikolai Tsukanov, center, Russian Presidential Envoy to the Northwestern Federal District, speaks at the Tavrichesky Palace in St. Petersburg at the inaugural session of the Interparliamentary Assembly of CIS member nations marking its 25th anniversary. Left: Alexei Sergeyev, Secretary General of the CIS Interparliamentary Assembly.

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Valentina Matvienko, Chairperson of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation, and Alexei Sergeyev, Secretary General of the CIS Interparliamentary Assembly, are seen here at the Tavrichesky Palace in St. Petersburg at the inaugural session of the Interparliamentary Assembly of CIS member nations marking its 25th anniversary.

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Vyacheslav Volodin, Chairperson of the State Duma, is seen here at the Tavrichesky Palace in St. Petersburg prior to a session of the CIS Interparliamentary Assembly marking its 25th anniversary.

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Pedro Agramunt, President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), is seen here at the Tavrichesky Palace in St. Petersburg prior to the inaugural session of the Interparliamentary Assembly of CIS member nations marking its 25th anniversary.

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Pedro Agramunt, President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), is seen here at the Tavrichesky Palace in St. Petersburg prior to the inaugural session of the Interparliamentary Assembly of CIS member nations marking its 25th anniversary.

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Ludmila Narusova, a member of the Federation Council, is seen here at the Tavrichesky Palace in St. Petersburg prior to the inaugural session of the Interparliamentary Assembly of CIS member nations marking its 25th anniversary.

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Bishop Nazariy of Kronshtadt is seen here at the Tavrichesky Palace in St. Petersburg prior to the inaugural session of the Interparliamentary Assembly of CIS member nations marking its 25th anniversary.

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Konstantin Kosachev, Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee of the Federation Council, is seen here at the Tavrichesky Palace in St. Petersburg prior to the inaugural session of the Interparliamentary Assembly of CIS member nations marking its 25th anniversary.

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Oleg Niloov, center, deputy head of the Fair Russia Party's deputies at the State Duma, is seen here at the Tavrichesky Palace in St. Petersburg prior to the inaugural session of the Interparliamentary Assembly of CIS member nations marking its 25th anniversary.

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Viktor Cherkesov, first deputy chairman, State Duma Committee on Security and Countering Corruption, is seen here at the Tavrichesky Palace in St. Petersburg prior to the inaugural session of the Interparliamentary Assembly of CIS member nations marking its 25th anniversary.

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The inaugural session of the Interparliamentary Assembly of CIS member nations marking its 25th anniversary at the Tavrichesky Palace in St. Petersburg

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The inaugural session of the Interparliamentary Assembly of CIS member nations marking its 25th anniversary at the Tavrichesky Palace in St. Petersburg

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Middle ground, center, from left: Alexei Sergeyev, general secretary of the Council of the CIS Interparliamentary Assembly; Valentina Matviyenko, chairman of the Russian Federation Council; Vyacheslav Volodin, chairman of the Russian State Duma, during a meeting of the Council of the CIS Interparliamentary Assembly in Tauride Palace in St. Petersburg.

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Russian State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin and Russian Federation Council Chairman Valentina Matviyenko during a meeting of the Council of the CIS Interparliamentary Assembly in Tauride Palace in St. Petersburg.

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Russian State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin during a meeting of the Council of the CIS Interparliamentary Assembly in Tauride Palace in St. Petersburg.

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From left: Alexei Sergeyev, general secretary of the Council of the CIS Interparliamentary Assembly; Valentina Matviyenko, chairman of the Russian Federation Council; Vyacheslav Volodin, chairman of the Russian State Duma, during a meeting of the Council of the CIS Interparliamentary Assembly in Tauride Palace in St. Petersburg.

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Middle ground, center, from left: Alexei Sergeyev, general secretary of the Council of the CIS Interparliamentary Assembly; Valentina Matviyenko, chairman of the Russian Federation Council; Vyacheslav Volodin, chairman of the Russian State Duma, during a meeting of the Council of the CIS Interparliamentary Assembly in Tauride Palace in St. Petersburg.

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