Plenary meeting of the Federation Council of Russia. Olga Kovitidi, representative in the Federation Council of Russia from the executive authority of the Republic of Crimea before the meeting.

Plenary meeting of the Federation Council of Russia. Representative in the Fereration Council of Russia from the State Assembly of the Republic of Mari El Natalia Dementieva (left) before the meeting.

Plenary meeting of the Federation Council of Russia. Representative of the executive body of the Astrakhan region Alexander Bashkin (left) and representative in the Russian Federation from the legislative (representative) body of the government of the Belgorod region Ivan Kulabukhov (right) before the meeting.

Plenary meeting of the Federation Council of Russia. Representative in the Federation Council of Russia from the executive body of the government of the Saratov region Sergey Arenin (left) and representative in the Federation Council of Russia from the executive body of the government of the Smolensk region Frants Klintsevich (right) during the meeting.

Plenary meeting of the Federation Council of Russia. Boris Nevzorov (center), representative in the Federation Council of Russia from the executive body of the Kamchatka Territory and Svetlana Goryacheva, representative in the Russian Federation Federation Council from the executive body of the Primorsky Territory (right) during the meeting.

Plenary meeting of the Federation Council of Russia. Representative in the Federation Council of Russia from the legislative (representative) body of state power of the Kurgan Region Sergey Lisovsky (left), representative from the executive body of the Sakhalin Region government Dmitry Mezentsev (third left) and representative in the Russian Federation Council of the Kirov region Vyacheslav Timchenko (right) before the meeting.

Plenary meeting of the Federation Council of Russia. Representative from the executive body of the Sakhalin Oblast Government Dmitry Mezentsev (right) during the meeting.

Plenary meeting of the Federation Council of Russia. Right to left: Chairman of the Federation Council of Russia Valentina Matvienko, First Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council of Russia Nikolay Fedorov and Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council of Russia Galina Karelova during the meeting.

Plenary meeting of the Federation Council of Russia. Chief of Staff of the Federation Council of Russia Sergei Martynov (left) and Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council of Russia Andrei Turchak (right) during the meeting.

Plenary meeting of the Federation Council of Russia. Chairman of the National Assembly of South Korea Moon Hee-sang (left) and Chairman of the Russian Federation Council Committee for Foreign Affairs Konstantin Kosachev (right) during the meeting.

Plenary meeting of the Federation Council of Russia. Representative from the executive body of the Sakhalin Oblast government Dmitry Mezentsev (left) and Minister of Digital Development, Communications of Russia Konstantin Noskov (right) during the meeting.

Plenary meeting of the Federation Council of Russia. Chairman of the Federation Council of Russia Valentina Matvienko (left) and representative from the executive body of the Sakhalin Region government Dmitry Mezentsev (right) during the meeting.

Plenary meeting of the Federation Council of Russia. Chairman of the Federation Council of Russia Valentina Matvienko (center) and representative from the executive body of the Sakhalin Region Dmitry Mezentsev (right) during the meeting.

Plenary meeting of the Federation Council of Russia. The representative of the executive body of the Sakhalin region Dmitry Mezentsev during the meeting.

Plenary meeting of the Federation Council of Russia. Representative in the Federation Council of Russia from the legislative (representative) state authority of the Perm Territory Alexei Pushkov (left) and Chairman of the Federation Council Committee for Constitutional Legislation, Legal and Judicial Issues, and Civil Society Development Andrei Klishas (right) during the meeting.

Plenary meeting of the Federation Council of Russia. Chairman of the Federation Council of Russia Valentina Matvienko (right) and Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council of Russia, Secretary of the General Council of the United Russia party Andrei Turchak (left) during the meeting.

Plenary meeting of the Federation Council of Russia. Left to right: Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council of Russia Ilyas Umakhanov, First Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council of Russia Nikolai Fedorov and Chairman of the Accounts Chamber of Russia Alexei Kudrin during the meeting.

Plenary meeting of the Federation Council of Russia. Representative from the executive body of the government of the Republic of Tyva Lyudmila Narusova (center) during the meeting.

Plenary meeting of the Federation Council of Russia. Left to right: Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council of Russia Ilyas Umakhanov, First Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council of Russia Nikolai Fedorov, Chairman of the Accounts Chamber of Russia Alexei Kudrin and Chairman of the Federation Council of Russia Valentina Matvienko during the meeting.

Plenary meeting of the Federation Council of Russia. Chairman of the Accounts Chamber of Russia Alexei Kudrin (left) and Chairman of the Federation Council of Russia Valentina Matvienko (right) during the meeting.