Russian President Vladimir Putin is delivering his annual Presidential Address to Federal Assembly in the Gostiny Dvor.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is delivering his annual Presidential Address to Federal Assembly in the Gostiny Dvor.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is delivering his annual Presidential Address to Federal Assembly in the Gostiny Dvor.

Annual Presidential Address to Federal Assembly in the Gostiny Dvor. The Editor-in-chief of the newspaper Moskovsky Komsomolets, the head of the Moscow Union of Journalists Pavel Gusev (center) and First Deputy Chairman of the Russian State Duma Committee for Natural Resources, Property and Land relations Yury Petrov (third right) before the Presidential Address.

Annual Presidential Address to Federal Assembly in the Gostiny Dvor. Right to left: Vyacheslav Volodin, Chairman of the Russian State Duma, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, and Nikolai Fyodorov, First Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council of Russia before the Presidential Address.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is delivering his annual Presidential Address to Federal Assembly in the Gostiny Dvor.

Annual Presidential Address to Federal Assembly in the Gostiny Dvor. Left to right: Deputy Prime Minister of Russia, Chief of Staff of the Russian Government Konstantin Chuichenko; Alexander Beglov, Acting Governor of St. Petersburg, and Russian Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova before the Presidential Address.

Annual Presidential Address to Federal Assembly in the Gostiny Dvor. Leader of the party "Fair Russia" Sergei Mironov (center) before the Presidential Address.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is delivering his annual Presidential Address to Federal Assembly in the Gostiny Dvor.

Annual Presidential Address to Federal Assembly in the Gostiny Dvor. Left to right: Chairman of the State Duma of Russia Vyacheslav Volodin, Russian Minister of Defense Sergei Shoigu and First Deputy Chairman of the Russian Government - Minister of Finance of Russia Anton Siluanov before the Presidential Address.

Annual Presidential Address to Federal Assembly in the Gostiny Dvor. First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia - Finance Minister Anton Siluanov (left) and Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova (right) before the Presidential Address.

Annual Presidential Address to Federal Assembly in the Gostiny Dvor. Left to right: Vladimir Zhirinovsky, leader of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR), leader of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, member of the State Duma Committee for the Commonwealth of Independent States, Eurasian Integration and Relations with Compatriots Gennady Zyuganov and leader of the Fair Russia party Sergei Mironov before the Presidential Address.

Annual Presidential Address to Federal Assembly in the Gostiny Dvor. Russian Deputy Prime Ministers Alexei Gordeev (left) and Dmitry Kozak (center) before the Presidential Address.

Annual Presidential Address to Federal Assembly in the Gostiny Dvor. Genre photography. A cameraman preparing the equipment for the Presidential Address.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is delivering his annual Presidential Address to Federal Assembly in the Gostiny Dvor.

Annual Presidential Address to Federal Assembly in the Gostiny Dvor. Left to right: Vladimir Zhirinovsky, leader of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR); Gennady Zyuganov, leader of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, member of the State Duma Committee on Commonwealth of Independent States, Eurasian Integration and Relations with Compatriots and leader of the Fair Russia party Sergei Mironov before the Presidential Address.

Annual Presidential Address to Federal Assembly in the Gostiny Dvor. Chairman of the State Duma of Russia Vyacheslav Volodin (left) and head of the presidential administration of Russia Anton Vaino (right) before the Presidential Address.

Annual Presidential Address to Federal Assembly in the Gostiny Dvor. Right to left: Deputy Chairmen of the State Duma of Russia Sergey Neverov, Igor Lebedev, Olga Epifanova, and First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma of Russia Ivan Melnikov before the Presidential Address.

Annual Presidential Address to Federal Assembly in the Gostiny Dvor. Left to right: Vladimir Shamanov, Chairman of the State Duma Committee for Defense, Elena Yampolskaya, Chairman of the Russian State Duma Committee for Culture, Talgat Tadzhuddin, Supreme Mufti of Russia and European CIS Countries, and Otari Arshba, member of the Russian State Duma Committee for State Building and Legislation before the Presidential Address.

Annual Presidential Address to Federal Assembly in the Gostiny Dvor. Chairman of the Russian State Duma Committee for Defense Vladimir Shamanov before the Presidential Address.

Annual Presidential Address to Federal Assembly in the Gostiny Dvor. Left to right: Tula Region Governor Alexei Dyumin, Russian Minister for Civil Defense, Emergencies and Disaster Relief Evgeny Zinichev and First Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration Sergey Kiriyenko before the Presidential Address.

Annual Presidential Address to Federal Assembly in the Gostiny Dvor. Left to right: Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev; First Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council of Russia Nikolai Fyodorov, head of the presidential administration of Russia Anton Vaino and chairman of the Federation Council of Russia Valentina Matvienko before the Presidential Address.

Annual Presidential Address to Federal Assembly in the Gostiny Dvor. Chairman of the State Duma Committee for Defense Vladimir Shamanov (left) and Presidential Plenipotentiary in the Central Federal District Igor Schegolev (right) before the Presidential Address.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is delivering his annual Presidential Address to Federal Assembly in the Gostiny Dvor.

Annual Presidential Address to Federal Assembly in the Gostiny Dvor. right to left: First Deputy Chairman of the Russian Government - Minister of Finance of Russia Anton Siluanov, Minister of Russia for the North Caucasus Sergey Chebotarev and Chairman of the State Duma of Russia Vyacheslav Volodin before the Presidential Address.

Russian President Vladimir Putin (on the screen) is delivering his annual Presidential Address to Federal Assembly in the Gostiny Dvor.

Annual Presidential Address to Federal Assembly in the Gostiny Dvor. Olga Golodets, Deputy Prime Minister of Russia before the Presidential address.

Annual Presidential Address to Federal Assembly in the Gostiny Dvor. Chairman of the All-Russian State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company Oleg Dobrodeev (center) before the Presidential Adress.

Annual Presidential Address to Federal Assembly in the Gostiny Dvor. Genre photography. Preparation of the hall for the Presidential Address.

Annual Presidential Address to Federal Assembly in the Gostiny Dvor. Supreme mufti of Russia and European countries of the CIS Talgat Tajuddin before the Presidential Address.

Annual Presidential Address to Federal Assembly in the Gostiny Dvor. Right to left: Vyacheslav Volodin, Chairman of the State Duma of Russia, Vladimir Kolokoltsev, Minister of Internal Affairs of Russia, Valentina Matvienko, Chairman of the Federation Council of Russia, Anton Vaino, Head of the Presidential Executive Office, and Nikolai Fyodorov, First Deputy Chairman of the Russian Federation, before the Presidential Address.

Annual Presidential Address to Federal Assembly in the Gostiny Dvor. Andrei Turchak (center), Deputy Chairman of the Council of the Federation of Russia, before the Presidential Address.

Annual Presidential Address to Federal Assembly in the Gostiny Dvor.

Annual Presidential Address to Federal Assembly in the Gostiny Dvor. Left to right: Konstantin Chuichenko, Deputy Prime Minister of Russia - Chief of Staff of the Russian Government; Alexander Beglov, Acting Governor of St. Petersburg, and Russian Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova before the Presidential Address.

Annual Presidential Address to Federal Assembly in the Gostiny Dvor. Deputy Chairman of the State Duma of Russia, Irina Yarovaya, before the Presidential Address.

Annual Presidential Address to Federal Assembly in the Gostiny Dvor. Left to right: Deputy Prime Ministers of Russia Alexei Gordeev, Dmitry Kozak, Vitaly Mutko and Deputy Prime Minister of Russia - Presidential Envoy to the Far Eastern Federal District Yury Trutnev before the Presidential Address.

Annual Presidential Address to Federal Assembly in the Gostiny Dvor. Left to right: First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia - Finance Minister Anton Siluanov, Deputy Prime Ministers of Russia Tatyana Golikova and Olga Golodets before the Presidential Address.

Annual Presidential Address to Federal Assembly in the Gostiny Dvor. Leonid Slutsky, Chairman of the Russian State Duma Committee for International Affairs, before the Presidential Address.

Annual Presidential Address to Federal Assembly in the Gostiny Dvor. Chairman of the State Duma of Russia Vyacheslav Volodin (left) and Head of the Presidential Executive Office Anton Vaino before the Annual Presidential Address.

Annual Presidential Address to Federal Assembly in the Gostiny Dvor. Right to left: Oleg Dobrodeev, chairman of the All-Russian State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company; Alexander Zharov, Head of the Federal Service for Supervision in Communications, Information Technologies and Mass Communications, and Konstantin Ernst, General Director of the Channel One television company, before the launch of the Annual Presidential Address.

Annual Presidential Address to Federal Assembly in the Gostiny Dvor. Participants before the start of the Annual Presidential Address.

Annual Presidential Address to Federal Assembly in the Gostiny Dvor. Supreme mufti of Russia and European countries of the CIS Talgat Tajuddin (right) before the Presidential Address.

Annual Presidential Address to Federal Assembly in the Gostiny Dvor. Chairman of the State Duma Committee for Culture Elena Yampolskaya (center) before the Presidential Address.

Annual Presidential Address to Federal Assembly in the Gostiny Dvor. Left to right: Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, First Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council of Russia Nikolai Fyodorov, head of the presidential administration of Russia Anton Vaino and Chairman of the Federation Council of Russia Valentina Matvienko before the Presidential Address.

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