Yunus-Bek Yevkurov, Head of the Republic of Ingushetia, seen at the Kremlin's St.George Hall to become the venue of President Dmitry Medvedev's annual address to the Federal Assembly.22.12.2011#1008001
Vice-Prime Minister Igor Sechin seen at the Kremlin's St.George Hall to become the venue of President Dmitry Medvedev's annual address to the Federal Assembly.22.12.2011#1007997
Sergei Stepashin, Accounts Chamber Chairman, seen at the Kremlin's St.George Hall to become the venue of President Dmitry Medvedev's annual address to the Federal Assembly.22.12.2011#1007996
From left: Gennady Gudkov, State Duma deputy from the Just Russia Party, and Pavel Astakhov, Ombudsman for Children, seen at the Kremlin's St.George Hall to become the venue of President Dmitry Medvedev's annual address to the Federal Assembly.22.12.2011#1007995
Andrei Vorobyov, Vice-Speaker, head of the United Russia Party group in the State Duma, seen at the Kremlin's St.George Hall to become the venue of President Dmitry Medvedev's annual address to the Federal Assembly.22.12.2011#1007993
Agriculture Minister Yelena Skrynnik seen at the Kremlin's St.George Hall to become the venue of President Dmitry Medvedev's annual address to the Federal Assembly.22.12.2011#1007992
Vladimir Churov, Head of the Central Electoral Commission, seen at the Kremlin's St.George Hall to become the venue of President Dmitry Medvedev's annual address to the Federal Assembly.22.12.2011#1007932
Liberal Democratic party leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky seen at the Kremlin's St.George Hall to become the venue of President Dmitry Medvedev's annual address to the Federal Assembly, December 22, 2011.22.12.2011#1007931
From left: leaders Vladimir Zhirinovsky of the Liberal Democratic Party, Gennady Zyuganov of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation and Sergei Mironov of the Just Russia Party, seen at the Kremlin's St.George Hall to become the venue of President Dmitry Medvedev's annual address to the Federal Assembly.22.12.2011#1007929
From left: leaders Vladimir Zhirinovsky of the Liberal Democratic Party, Gennady Zyuganov of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation and Sergei Mironov of the Just Russia Party, seen at the Kremlin's St.George Hall to become the venue of President Dmitry Medvedev's annual address to the Federal Assembly, December 22, 2011.22.12.2011#1007928
From left: leaders Vladimir Zhirinovsky of the Liberal Democratic Party and Gennady Zyuganov of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation seen at the Kremlin's St.George Hall to become the venue of President Dmitry Medvedev's annual address to the Federal Assembly< December 22, 2011.22.12.2011#1007926
From left: Gennady Zyuganov, the Communist Party's group chief in the State Duma, Igor Lebedev, Vice-Speaker, the Liberal Democratic Party's deputy in the State Duma, Vladimir Zhirinovsky, the LDPR leader, and Sergei Stepashin, Chairman of the Accounts Chamber, seen at the Kremlin's St.George Hall to become the venue of President Dmitry Medvedev's annual address to the Federal Assembly.22.12.2011#1007908
From right: leaders Gennady Zyuganov of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation and Vladimir Zhirinovsky of the Liberal Democratic Party seen at the Kremlin's St.George Hall to become the venue of President Dmitry Medvedev's annual address to the Federal Assembly.22.12.2011#1007907
Singer Iosif Kobzon, Duma deputy from the United Russia Party, seen at the Kremlin's St.George Hall to become the venue of President Dmitry Medvedev's annual address to the Federal Assembly.22.12.2011#1007906
Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov seen at the Kremlin's St.George Hall to become the venue of President Dmitry Medvedev's annual address to the Federal Assembly.22.12.2011#1007905
Vice-Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak seen at the Kremlin's St.George Hall to become the venue of President Dmitry Medvedev's annual address to the Federal Assembly.22.12.2011#1007904
Minister of the Interior Rashid Nurgaliyev seen at the Kremlin's St.George Hall to become the venue of President Dmitry Medvedev's annual address to the Federal Assembly.22.12.2011#1007903
Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov seen at the Kremlin's St.George Hall to become the venue of President Dmitry Medvedev's annual address to the Federal Assembly.22.12.2011#1007902
Supreme Court Chairman Vyacheslav Lebedev (left) seen at the Kremlin's St.George Hall to become the venue of President Dmitry Medvedev's annual address to the Federal Assembly.22.12.2011#1007901
From left: Boris Gryzlov, the United Russia Party's Supreme Council Chairman, and Viktor Zubkov, Vice-Prime Minister, seen at the Kremlin's St.George Hall to become the venue of President Dmitry Medvedev's annual address to the Federal Assembly.22.12.2011#1007900
Vyacheslav Fetisov, President of the CSKA Hockey Club, Chairman of the Federation Council commission on physical training, sport and Olympic movement development, seen at the Kremlin's St.George Hall to become the venue of President Dmitry Medvedev's annual address to the Federal Assembly.22.12.2011#1007899
Russia's chief rabbi Berl Lazat seen at the Kremlin's St.George Hall to become the venue of President Dmitry Medvedev's annual address to the Federal Assembly.22.12.2011#1007898
Finance Minister Anton Siluanov and the president's aide Djakhan Pollyeva seen at the Kremlin's St.George Hall to become the venue of President Dmitry Medvedev's annual address to the Federal Assembly.22.12.2011#1007897
Valery Shantsev, Novgorod Region Governor, seen at the Kremlin's St.George Hall to become the venue of President Dmitry Medvedev's annual address to the Federal Assembly.22.12.2011#1007896
Agriculture Minister Yelena Skrynnik seen at the Kremlin's St.George Hall to become the venue of President Dmitry Medvedev's annual address to the Federal Assembly.22.12.2011#1007895
Vladislav Surkov, acting presidential office chief, seen at the Kremlin's St.George Hall to become the venue of President Dmitry Medvedev's annual address to the Federal Assembly.22.12.2011#1007894
Sergei Mironov, head of the Duma's Just Russia Party group, seen at the Kremlin's St.George Hall to become the venue of President Dmitry Medvedev's annual address to the Federal Assembly.22.12.2011#1007893
From left: Sergei Ivanov, Vice-Prime Minister, and Alexander Zhukov, Vice-Speaker and Duma deputy from the United Russia Party, seen at the Kremlin's St.George Hall to become the venue of President Dmitry Medvedev's annual address to the Federal Assembly.22.12.2011#1007892
Moscow Region Governor Boris Gromov (left) seen at the Kremlin's St.George Hall to become the venue of President Dmitry Medvedev's annual address to the Federal Assembly.22.12.2011#1007891
Gennady Gudkov, State Duma deputy from the Just Russia Party, a member of the Duma committee on security and resistance to corruption, seen at the Kremlin's St.George Hall to become the venue of President Dmitry Medvedev's annual address to the Federal Assembly.22.12.2011#1007890
From left: Governors Mikhail Men of the Ivanovo Region and Nikita Belykh of the Kirov Region seen at the Kremlin's St.George Hall to become the venue of President Dmitry Medvedev's annual address to the Federal Assembly.22.12.2011#1007889
From left: Vyacheslav Volodin, Vice-Prime Minister, the government office chief, and Pavel Gusev, Moskovsky Komsomolets editor-in-chief, seen at the Kremlin's St.George Hall to become the venue of President Dmitry Medvedev's annual address to the Federal Assembly.22.12.2011#1007888
Russia's Supreme Mufti Talgat Tadjutdin, Chairman of the central Muslim Board, seen at the Kremlin's St.George Hall to become the venue of President Dmitry Medvedev's annual address to the Federal Assembly.22.12.2011#1007887
Marat Safin (right), State Duma deputy from the United Russia Party, seen at the Kremlin's St.George Hall to become the venue of President Dmitry Medvedev's annual address to the Federal Assembly.22.12.2011#1007886
Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev (left) seen at the Kremlin's St.George Hall to become the venue of President Dmitry Medvedev's annual address to the Federal Assembly.22.12.2011#1007885
Intelligence Service Director Mikhail Fradkov seen at the Kremlin's St.George Hall to become the venue of President Dmitry Medvedev's annual address to the Federal Assembly.22.12.2011#1007884
Russian Science Academy member Yevgeny Velikhov, President of the Kurchatov Research Institute, seen at the Kremlin's St.George Hall to become the venue of President Dmitry Medvedev's annual address to the Federal Assembly.22.12.2011#1007883
Damba Ayusheyev, leader of traditional Buddhist Sangkha of Russia Bandida Khambo-lama, before the start of the president's annual address to the Federal Assembly at the St.George Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace.22.12.2011#1007882
Valery Zorkin, Chairman of the Constitutional Court, left, and St.Petersburg Governor Georgy Poltavchenko, right, before the start of the president's annual address to the Federal Assembly at the St.George Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace.22.12.2011#1007881
Dmitry Rogozin, left, Russia's permanent representative at NATO and plenipotentiary envoy, before the start of the president's annual address to the Federal Assembly at the St.George Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace.22.12.2011#1007880
Primorye Territory Governor Sergei Darkin before the start of the president's annual address to the Federal Assembly at the St.George Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace.22.12.2011#1007879
Novgorod Region Governor Sergei Mitin before the start of the president's annual address to the Federal Assembly at the St.George Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace.22.12.2011#1007878
Russia Today Editor-in-Chief Margarita Simonyan and film director Fyodor Bondarchuk before the start of the president's annual address to the Federal Assembly at the St.George Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace.22.12.2011#1007877
Russian Energy Minister Sergei Shmatko before the start of the president's annual address to the Federal Assembly at the St.George Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace.22.12.2011#1007876
December 22, 2011. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, left, and State Duma Speaker Sergei Naryshkin, right, before the start of the president's annual address to the Federal Assembly at the St.George Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace.22.12.2011#1007854
December 22, 2011. From left: Acting Head of the Presidential Executive Office Vladislav Surkov, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and State Duma Speaker Sergei Naryshkin during President Dmitry Medvedev's annual address to the Russian Federal Assembly, at the Kremlin's St. George's Hall.22.12.2011#1007843
December 22, 2011. From left: Acting Head of the Presidential Executive Office Vladislav Surkov, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, State Duma Speaker Sergei Naryshkin and First Vice-Speaker Alexander Zhukov before President Dmitry Medvedev's annual address to the Russian Federal Assembly, at the Kremlin's St. George's Hall.22.12.2011#1007842
December 22, 2011. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, center, before President Dmitry Medvedev's annual address to the Russian Federal Assembly, at the Kremlin's St. George's Hall.22.12.2011#1007841
December 22, 2011. From left: Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and State Duma Speaker Sergei Naryshkin before President Dmitry Medvedev's annual address to the Russian Federal Assembly, at the Kremlin's St. George's Hall.22.12.2011#1007840
December 22, 2011. President Dmitry Medvedev during his annual address to the Russian Federal Assembly (State Duma and Federation Council), at the Kremlin's St. George's Hall.22.12.2011#1007839
December 22, 2011. President Dmitry Medvedev, left, during his annual address to the Russian Federal Assembly (State Duma and Federation Council), at the Kremlin's St. George's Hall.22.12.2011#1007838
December 22, 2011. From left: Acting Head of the Presidential Executive Office Vladislav Surkov, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, State Duma Speaker Sergei Naryshkin and First Vice-Speaker Alexander Zhukov before President Dmitry Medvedev's annual address to the Russian Federal Assembly, at the Kremlin's St. George's Hall.22.12.2011#1007837
December 22, 2011. President Dmitry Medvedev before his annual address to the Russian Federal Assembly (State Duma and Federation Council), at the Kremlin's St. George's Hall.22.12.2011#1007836
December 22, 2011. President Dmitry Medvedev during his annual address to the Russian Federal Assembly (State Duma and Federation Council), at the Kremlin's St. George's Hall.22.12.2011#1007830
December 22, 2011. President Dmitry Medvedev's annual address to the Russian Federal Assembly at the Kremlin's St. George's Hall.22.12.2011#1007821
December 22, 2011. President Dmitry Medvedev's annual address to the Russian Federal Assembly at the Kremlin's St. George's Hall.22.12.2011#1007820
December 22, 2011. President Dmitry Medvedev's annual address to the Russian Federal Assembly at the Kremlin's St. George's Hall.22.12.2011#1007819
December 22, 2011. President Dmitry Medvedev during his annual address to the Russian Federal Assembly (State Duma and Federation Council), at the Kremlin's St. George's Hall.22.12.2011#1007816
December 22, 2011. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, foreground, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko, background, before President Dmitry Medvedev's annual address to the Russian Federal Assembly, at the Kremlin's St. George's Hall.22.12.2011#1007815
State Duma deputy representing United Russia Vladimir Pekhtin before President Dmitry Medvedev's annual address to the Russian Federal Assembly, at the Kremlin's St. George's Hall.22.12.2011#1007813