Working visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to St. Petersburg. Presidential Plenipotentiary in the North-West Federal District Alexander Gutsan (right) before the meeting of the Russian President with members of the Council of Legislators at the Federal Assembly of Russia. The meeting was held in the Tauride Palace.

Working visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to St. Petersburg. Chairman of the Federation Council of Russia Valentina Matvienko (left) and Chairman of the State Duma of Russia Vyacheslav Volodin (right) before the meeting of the President of Russia with members of the Council of Legislators at the Federal Assembly of Russia. The meeting was held in the Tauride Palace.

Working visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to St. Petersburg. Chairman of the Federation Council of Russia Valentina Matvienko (left) and Chairman of the State Duma of Russia Vyacheslav Volodin (right) before the meeting of the President of Russia with members of the Council of Legislators at the Federal Assembly of Russia. The meeting was held in the Tauride Palace.

Working visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to St. Petersburg. Chairman of the State Duma of Russia Vyacheslav Volodin (left) and Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) before the meeting with members of the Council of Legislators at the Federal Assembly of Russia. The meeting was held in the Tauride Palace.

Working visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to St. Petersburg. Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) during a meeting with members of the Council of Legislators at the Federal Assembly of Russia. The meeting was held in the Tauride Palace.

Working visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to St. Petersburg. Russian President Vladimir Putin during a meeting with members of the Council of Legislators at the Federal Assembly of Russia. The meeting was held in the Tauride Palace.

Working visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to St. Petersburg. Left to right: Chairman of the Russian Federation Council Valentina Matvienko, Chairman of the State Duma of Russia Vyacheslav Volodin and President of Russia Vladimir Putin during a meeting with members of the Council of Legislators at the Federal Assembly of Russia. The meeting was held in the Tauride Palace.

Working visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to St. Petersburg. Russian President Vladimir Putin during a meeting with members of the Council of Legislators at the Federal Assembly of Russia. The meeting was held in the Tauride Palace.

Working visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to St. Petersburg. Left to right: Chairman of the Federation Council of Russia Valentina Matvienko, President of Russia Vladimir Putin and Chairman of the State Duma of Russia Vyacheslav Volodin during a meeting with members of the Council of Legislators at the Federal Assembly of Russia. The meeting was held in the Tauride Palace.

Working visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to St. Petersburg. Chairman of the State Council of Tatarstan Farid Mukhametshin during a meeting of the President of Russia with members of the Council of Legislators at the Federal Assembly of Russia. The meeting was held in the Tauride Palace.

Working visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to St. Petersburg. First Deputy Chairman of the Russian Federation Council Nikolai Fyodorov during a meeting of the President of Russia with members of the Council of Legislators at the Federal Assembly of Russia. The meeting was held in the Tauride Palace.

Working visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to St. Petersburg. Leonid Kalashnikov, Chairman of the Russian State Duma Committee for the Commonwealth of Independent States, Eurasian Integration and Relations with Compatriots, during a meeting of Russian President Vladimir Putin with members of the Council of Legislators at the Federal Assembly of Russia. The meeting was held in the Tauride Palace.

Working visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to St. Petersburg. Deputy Chairperson of the State Duma of Russia Irina Yarovaya during a meeting of the Russian President with members of the Council of Legislators at the Federal Assembly of Russia. The meeting was held in the Tauride Palace.

Working visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to St. Petersburg. Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg Vyacheslav Makarov before the meeting of the President of Russia with the members of the Council of Legislators at the Federal Assembly of Russia. The meeting was held in the Tauride Palace.

Working visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to St. Petersburg. Chairman of the State Council of the Republic Vladimir Konstantinov (left) during the meeting of the President of Russia with members of the Council of Legislators at the Federal Assembly of Russia. The meeting was held in the Tauride Palace.

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Working visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to St. Petersburg. Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) and Chairman of the Russian State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin (right) attend the meeting with members of the Council of Legislators at the Federal Assembly of Russia. The meeting was held in the Tauride Palace.

Working visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to St. Petersburg. Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) and Chairman of the Russian State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin (right) attend the meeting with members of the Council of Legislators at the Federal Assembly of Russia. The meeting was held in the Tauride Palace.

Working visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to St. Petersburg. Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) and Chairman of the Russian State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin (right) attend the meeting with members of the Council of Legislators at the Federal Assembly of Russia. The meeting was held in the Tauride Palace.

[English translation in progress (1)]