Plenary meeting of the Federation Council of Russia. First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of Russia Anton Siluanov speaking at the meeting.

Plenary meeting of the Federation Council of Russia. First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of Russia Anton Siluanov (second from left), Deputy Speakers of the Federation Council Andrey Turchak (center), Iliyas Umakhanov (second from right) and Chairman of the Accounts Chamber of Russia Alexey Kudrin (right) during the meeting.

Plenary meeting of the Federation Council of Russia. Chairman of the Federation Council Valentina Matviyenko (right) and her Deputy (Yuriy Vorobyov) during the meeting.

Plenary meeting of the Federation Council of Russia. Head of the Udmurt Republic Alexander Brechalov (center) before the meeting.

Plenary meeting of the Federation Council of Russia. Minister of Transport of Russia Yevgeny Dietrich (right) during the meeting.

Plenary meeting of the Federation Council of Russia. Chairman of the Accounts Chamber of Russia Alexey Kudrin during the meeting.

Plenary meeting of the Federation Council of Russia. Minister of Transport of Russia Yevgeny Dietrich during the meeting.

Plenary meeting of the Federation Council of Russia. Representative of the executive authority of the Belgorod Region Nikolai Ryzhkov (left) and Chair of the Federation Council Committee on Foreign Affairs Konstantin Kosachev (right) before the meeting.

Plenary meeting of the Federation Council of Russia. Chairman of the Accounts Chamber of Russia Alexey Kudrin during the meeting.

Plenary meeting of the Federation Council of Russia. Workplace of a member of the Federation Council.

Plenary meeting of the Federation Council of Russia. First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of Russia Anton Siluanov (left) and Representative of the Russian Government in the Federation Council Andrei Yatskin (right) before the meeting.

Plenary meeting of the Federation Council of Russia. Representative of the executive authority of the Belgorod Region Nikolai Ryzhkov (left) and Chair of the Federation Council Committee on Foreign Affairs Konstantin Kosachev (right) before the meeting.

Plenary meeting of the Federation Council of Russia. From right: Representative of the executive authority of the Republic of Tyva Lyudmila Narusova, Representative of the executive authority of the Krasnoyarsk Region Andrey Klishas and Representative of the legislative (representative) authority of the Perm Region Alexei Pushkov before the meeting.

Plenary meeting of the Federation Council of Russia. Members of the Federation Council during the meeting.

Plenary meeting of the Federation Council of Russia. Representative of the executive authority of the Omsk Region Yelena Mizulina (left) and Representative of the executive authority of the Jewish Autonomous Region in the Federation Council of Russia Rostislav Goldshtein (right) before the meeting.

Plenary meeting of the Federation Council of Russia. Representative of the executive authority of the Krasnoyarsk Region Andrey Klishas (center) and Representative of the executive authority of the Republic of Tyva Lyudmila Narusova (right) before the meeting.

Plenary meeting of the Federation Council of Russia. Representative of the executive authority of the Belgorod Region Nikolai Ryzhkov (right) before the meeting.

Plenary meeting of the Federation Council of Russia. Representative of the executive authority of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania Taimuraz Mamsurov (left) before the meeting.

Plenary meeting of the Federation Council of Russia. Member of the Federation Council before the meeting.

Plenary meeting of the Federation Council of Russia. Chairman of the Federation Council Valentina Matviyenko (left) and Minister of Transport of Russia Yevgeny Dietrich (right) before the meeting.

Plenary meeting of the Federation Council of Russia. Representative of the executive authority of the Arkhangelsk Region Viktor Pavlenko (left) and Representative of the executive authority of the Ryazan Region Oleg Kovalyov (center) before the meeting.

Plenary meeting of the Federation Council of Russia. Representative of the executive authority of the Republic of Crimea Olga Kovitidi (left) and Representative of the executive authority of the Penza Region Alexei Dmitriyenko (center) before the meeting.

Plenary meeting of the Federation Council of Russia. Chairman of the Federation Council Valentina Matviyenko (left) and Minister of Transport of Russia Yevgeny Dietrich (right) before the meeting.

Plenary meeting of the Federation Council of Russia. Deputy Speaker of the Federation Council Iliyas Umakhanov (left), Minister of Transport of Russia Yevgeny Dietrich (second from left), First Deputy Speaker of the Federation Council Nikolai Fedorov (center), Chairman of the Federation Council Valentina Matviyenko (right) during the meeting.

Plenary meeting of the Federation Council of Russia. Meeting room.

Plenary meeting of the Federation Council of Russia. Meeting room.

Plenary meeting of the Federation Council of Russia. Members of the Federation Council stand for the National Anthem of Russia during the meeting.

Plenary meeting of the Federation Council of Russia. Representative of the executive authority of the Belgorod Region Nikolai Ryzhkov (center) before the meeting.

Plenary meeting of the Federation Council of Russia. Representative of the executive authority of the Belgorod Region Nikolai Ryzhkov (center) and Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Foreign Affairs before the meeting.

Plenary meeting of the Federation Council of Russia. Representative of the legislative (representative) authority of the Republic of Altai Tatyana Gigel (center) before the meeting.

Plenary meeting of the Federation Council of Russia. Representative of the executive authority of the Republic of Altai Vladimir Poletayev before the meeting.

Plenary meeting of the Federation Council of Russia. From left: Representative of the legislative (representative) authority of the Astrakhan Region Gennady Ordenov, representative of the executive authority of the Arkhangelsk Region Viktor Pavlenko and representative of the executive authority of the Ryazan Region Oleg Kovalyov before the meeting.

Plenary meeting of the Federation Council of Russia. Representative of the executive authority of the Republic of Crimea Olga Kovitidi (left) and Representative of the executive authority of the Krasnodar Region Aleksey Kondratenko (right) before the meeting.

Plenary meeting of the Federation Council of Russia. Minister of Transport of Russia Yevgeny Dietrich during the meeting.

Plenary meeting of the Federation Council of Russia. Secretary General of the Federation Council Gennady Golov (left) and Chairman of the Federation Council Valentina Matviyenko (right) during the meeting.