Lawyer Yelena Lukyanov, foreground, academician Yevgeny Velikhov, secretary of the Public Chamber, president of the Kurchatov Institute National Research Center, and first deputy secretary of the Public Chamber Mikhail Ostrovsky, from left, background, at the first plenary session of the newly elected Public Chamber.

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Space pilot Alexei Leonov at the first plenary session of the newly elected Public Chamber.

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Lawyer Anatoly Kucherena at the first plenary session of the newly elected Public Chamber.

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TV host Pyotr Tolstoy at the first plenary session of the newly elected Public Chamber.

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Academician Yevgeny Velikhov, secretary of the Public Chamber, president of the Kurchatov Institute National Research Center, at the first plenary session of the newly elected Public Chamber.

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President of the Russian Academy of Arts Zurab Tsereteli before the first plenary session of the newly elected Public Chamber.

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Academician Yevgeny Velikhov, secretary of the Public Chamber, president of the Kurchatov Institute National Research Center, center, at the first plenary session of the newly elected Public Chamber.

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President of the Russian Academy of Arts Zurab Tsereteli before the first plenary session of the newly elected Public Chamber.

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From right: Academician Yevgeny Velikhov, secretary of the Public Chamber, president of the Kurchatov Institute National Research Center, and first deputy secretary of the Public Chamber Mikhail Ostrovsky at the first plenary session of the newly elected Public Chamber.

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Political scientist, and publicist Sergei Markov before the first plenary meeting of the new line-up of the Russian Public Chamber.

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TV presenter Pyotr Tolstoy before the first plenary meeting of the new line-up of the Russian Public Chamber.

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Lawyer Anatoly Kucherena during the first plenary meeting of the new line-up of the Russian Public Chamber.

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Poet Andrei Dementyev before the first plenary meeting of the new line-up of the Russian Public Chamber.

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From left: pilot-cosmonaut Alexei Leonov, and academician Yevgeny Velikhov, president of the Kurchatov Institute national research center, during the first plenary meeting of the new line-up of the Russian Public Chamber.

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President of the Russian Academy of Arts Zurab Tsereteli during the first plenary meeting of the new line-up of the Russian Public Chamber.

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Lawyer Yelena Lukyanova (right) during the first plenary meeting of the new line-up of the Russian Public Chamber.

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Director of Multimedia Art Museum Olga Sviblova (center) during the first plenary meeting of the new line-up of the Russian Public Chamber.

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From left: political scientist, and publicist Sergei Markov and lawyer Genri Reznik during the first plenary meeting of the new line-up of the Russian Public Chamber.

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Editors in chief of Rossiiskaya Gazeta Vladislav Fronin (center), and Moskovsky Komsomolets Pavel Gusev (left) during the first plenary meeting of the new line-up of the Russian Public Chamber.

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From left: Director of the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts Irina Antonova, Vyacheslav Glazychyov, creative projects' and architectural heritage researcher, critic, and publicist, and Editor in Chief of Expert magazine Valery Fadeyev during the first plenary meeting of the new line-up of the Russian Public Chamber.

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Andrei Korkunov, president of Ankor Savings Bank, during the first plenary meeting of the new line-up of the Russian Public Chamber.

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TV journalist Nikolai Svanidze at the first plenary session of the Russian Federation Public Chamber in the new composition.

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Musician Vadim Samoilov (right) at the first plenary session of the Russian Federation Public Chamber in the new composition.

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Yevgeny Velikhov, President of the "Kurchatov Institute" National Research Center, a full member of the Russian Academy of Scientists, at the first plenary session of the Russian Federation Public Chamber's new composition.

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Cardiosurgeon Leo Bokeriya (center), Director of the Bakulev Research Center of Cardiovascular Surgery, a full member of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, pictured prior to the first plenary session of the Russian Federation Public Chamber in the new composition.

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President of the Russian Academy of Arts Zurab Tsereteli pictured prior to the first plenary session of the Russian Federation Public Chamber in the new composition.

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Zurab Tsereteli, President of the Russian Academy of Arts, at the first plenary session of the Russian Federation Public Chamber's new composition. The inscription on the bag reads: "The Public Chamber of the Russian Federation".

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Irina Antonova, Director of the A.Pushkin State Fine Arts Museum, pictured prior to the first plenary session of the Russian Federation Public Chamber in the new composition.

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Lawyer Anatoly Kucherena (left) and Yevgeny Velikhov, President of the "Kurchatov Institute" National Research Center, a full member of the Russian Academy of Arts, at the first plenary session of the Russian Federation Public Chamber in the new composition.

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