Chairman of the Federation Council (SF) Sergey Mironov, left, and Director of the Nuclear Power Institute of I.V.Kurchatov Evgeny Velikhov, at the rostrum, attend a Federation Council session.

Chairman of the Federation Council (SF) Sergey Mironov, left, his Deputies Svetlana Orlova, centre, and Mikhail Nikolayev, right, and Director of the Nuclear Power Institute of I.V.Kurchatov Evgeny Velikhov, down, attend a Federation Council session.

Chairman of the Russian Constitutional Court Valery Zorkin, left, Director of the Nuclear Power Institute of I.V.Kurchatov Evgeny Velikhov, centre, and Russian Deputy General Prosecutor Vladimir Kolesnikov, right, attend a Federation Council session.

Russian Interior Minister Rashid Nurgaliyev, centre, is shown before a Russian Federation Council session.

Russian Interior Minister Rashid Nurgaliyev, centre, is shown before a Russian Federation Council session.

Russian Interior Minister Rashid Nurgaliyev, left, and Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council Dmitry Mezentsev, right, are shown before a Federation Council session.

Russian Interior Minister Rashid Nurgaliyev, left, and Chairman of the Russian Federation Council Security and Defense Committee Viktor Ozyorov, right, are shown before a Federation Council session.

Russian Interior Minister Rashid Nurgaliyev, right, and Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council Dmitry Mezentsev, centre, are shown before a Federation Council session.

Chairman of the Federation Council (SF) Sergey Mironov, right, his Deputy Dmitry Mezentsev, left, and Representative of the Novgorod region to the Russian Federation Council Gennady Burbulis, 2nd left attend a Federation Council session.

Chairman of the Federation Council (SF) Sergey Mironov, 2nd left, and his Deputy Svetlana Orlova, right, attend a Federation Council session.

Russian Deputy General Prosecutor Vladimir Kolesnikov attends a Russian Federation Council (SF) session.

Members of the Russian Federation Council (SF) attend a session.

Chairman of the Russian Audit Chamber Sergey Stepashin attends a Federation Council session.

First Deputy Chairman of the Russian Federation Council Constitutional Bills Committee Valery Fyodorov, left, and representative of the Novgorod Region to the Russian Federation Council Gennady Burbulis, 2nd right, attend a Federation Council session.

Chairman of the Russian State Duma Committee for Industry, Construction and Science Technologies Martin Shakkum, left, representative of the Saratov Region Duma to the Russian Federation Council, Chairman of the Federation Council Industry Policy Committee Valentin Zavadnikov, 2nd left, representative of the Penza Region Legislative Assembly to the Federation Council Andrey Vavilov, 3rd right, and First Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council Constitutional Bills Committee Valery Fyodorov, 2nd right, attend a Federation Council session.

Chairman of the Russian Audit Chamber Sergey Stepashin attends a session of the Russian Federation Council.

Chairman of the Russian Audit Chamber Sergey Stepashin attends a session of the Russian Federation Council.