Annual expanded meeting of the Ministry of Defense of Russia. Minister of Defence of Russia Sergey Shoygu (left) and Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) at the meeting.

Annual expanded meeting of the Ministry of Defense of Russia. From left: Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia, first Deputy Defence Minister Valery Gerasimov, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Minister of Defence of Russia Sergey Shoygu at the meeting.

Annual expanded meeting of the Ministry of Defense of Russia. From left: Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia, first Deputy Defence Minister Valery Gerasimov, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Minister of Defence of Russia Sergey Shoygu at the meeting.

Annual expanded meeting of the Ministry of Defense of Russia. Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at the meeting.

Annual expanded meeting of the Ministry of Defense of Russia. Minister of Defence of Russia Sergey Shoygu (left) and Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) at the meeting.

Annual expanded meeting of the Ministry of Defense of Russia. Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at the meeting.

Annual expanded meeting of the Ministry of Defense of Russia. Russian President Vladimir Putin at the meeting.

Annual expanded meeting of the Ministry of Defense of Russia. From left: Minister of Defence of Russia Sergey Shoygu, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia, first Deputy Defence Minister Valery Gerasimov at the meeting.

Annual expanded meeting of the Ministry of Defense of Russia. Minister of Defence of Russia Sergey Shoygu (right) and Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) at the meeting.

Annual expanded meeting of the Ministry of Defense of Russia. Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at the meeting.

Annual expanded meeting of the Ministry of Defense of Russia. Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at the meeting.

Annual expanded meeting of the Ministry of Defense of Russia. Deputy Minister of Defense of Russia Tatyana Shevtsova before the meeting in the National Defense Management Center.

Annual expanded meeting of the Ministry of Defense of Russia. Deputy Minister of Defense of Russia Tatyana Shevtsova before the meeting in the National Defense Management Center.

Annual expanded meeting of the Ministry of Defense of Russia. Deputy Chairman of the State Duma of Russia Irina Iarovaia (center) and Head of the Federal Taxation Service Mikhail Mishustin (right) before the meeting in the National Defense Management Center.

Annual expanded meeting of the Ministry of Defense of Russia. Head of the Federal Taxation Service Mikhail Mishustin (left) and Deputy Minister of Defense of Russia Yunus-bek Yevkurov (right) before the meeting in the National Defense Management Center.

Annual expanded meeting of the Ministry of Defense of Russia. Russian President Vladimir Putin during the award ceremony of military and naval units at the meeting in the National Defense Management Center.

Annual expanded meeting of the Ministry of Defense of Russia. Russian President Vladimir Putin during the award ceremony of military and naval units at the meeting in the National Defense Management Center.

Annual expanded meeting of the Ministry of Defense of Russia. Promsvyazbank CEO Pyotr Fradkov (left) and Chairman of the Accounts Chamber of Russia Alexei Kudrin (right) before the meeting in the National Defense Management Center.

Annual expanded meeting of the Ministry of Defense of Russia. Promsvyazbank CEO Pyotr Fradkov (left) and Chairman of the Accounts Chamber of Russia Alexei Kudrin (center) before the meeting in the National Defense Management Center.

Annual expanded meeting of the Ministry of Defense of Russia. President of the United Shipbuilding Corporation Alexei Rakhmanov before the meeting.

Annual expanded meeting of the Ministry of Defense of Russia. Russian President Vladimir Putin (center) during the award ceremony of military and naval units at the meeting in the National Defense Management Center.

Annual expanded meeting of the Ministry of Defense of Russia. Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Yury Borisov (left) and Adviser to the Minister of Defense of Russia Maria Kitaeva (right) before the meeting in the National Defense Management Center.

Annual expanded meeting of the Ministry of Defense of Russia. Russia's Prosecutor General Yury Chaika (left) Chairman of the State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin (center) before the meeting in the National Defense Management Center.

Annual expanded meeting of the Ministry of Defense of Russia. Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service Sergey Naryshkin (center) and Special Representative of the President of the Russian Federation on the Issues of Environmental Activities, Environment and Transport Sergei Ivanov (right) before the meeting in the National Defense Management Center.

Annual expanded meeting of the Ministry of Defense of Russia. Minister of Internal Affairs of Russia Vladimir Kolokoltsev (left), Director of the Federal Security Service of Russia Alexander Bortnikov (center) and Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service Sergey Naryshkin (right) before the meeting in the National Defense Management Center.

Annual expanded meeting of the Ministry of Defense of Russia. Rector of Moscow State University, Academician Viktor Sadovnichy (right) during the meeting in the National Defense Management Center.

Annual expanded meeting of the Ministry of Defense of Russia. CEO of Rostec State Corporation Sergey Chemezov (center) and Head of the Federal Service for Financial Monitoring Yury Chikhanchin (right) before the meeting in the National Defense Management Center.

Annual expanded meeting of the Ministry of Defense of Russia. Deputy Minister of Defense of Russia Dmitry Bulgakov (left) and State Secretary, Deputy Minister of Defense of Russia Nikolai Pankov (right) before the meeting.

Annual expanded meeting of the Ministry of Defense of Russia. Deputy Chairman of the State Duma of Russia Irina Iarovaia before the meeting in the National Defense Management Center.

Annual expanded meeting of the Ministry of Defense of Russia. From left: Head of the Federal Taxation Service Mikhail Mishustin, Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of Russia in the Siberian Federal District Sergey Menyaylo and Deputy Minister of Defense of Russia Yunus-bek Yevkurov before the meeting in the National Defense Management Center.

Annual expanded meeting of the Ministry of Defense of Russia. Russian President Vladimir Putin during the award ceremony of military and naval units at the meeting in the National Defense Management Center.

Annual expanded meeting of the Ministry of Defense of Russia. Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Lavrov before the meeting in the National Defense Management Center.

Annual expanded meeting of the Ministry of Defense of Russia. From left: Deputy Ministers of Defense of Russia Tatyana Shevtsova, Dmitry Bulgakov and Ruslan Tsalikov before the meeting.

Annual expanded meeting of the Ministry of Defense of Russia. Director of the Federal Security Service of Russia Alexander Bortnikov (left) and Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service Sergey Naryshkin (center) before the meeting in the National Defense Management Center.

Annual expanded meeting of the Ministry of Defense of Russia. From left: Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Magomedsalam Magomedov, Secretary of the Security Council of Russia Nikolai Patrushev, Minister of Industry and Trade of Russia Denis Manturov and Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Yury Borisov before the meeting in the National Defense Management Center.

Annual expanded meeting of the Ministry of Defense of Russia. Secretary of the Security Council of Russia Nikolai Patrushev (left) and Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill (right) before the meeting in the National Defense Management Center.

Annual expanded meeting of the Ministry of Defense of Russia. Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) and Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia, first Deputy Defence Minister Valery Gerasimov (right) during the meeting in the National Defense Management Center.

Annual expanded meeting of the Ministry of Defense of Russia. From left: Aide to the President of the Russian Federation Andrey Fursenko, Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the North Caucasus Federal District Alexander Matovnikov, Deputy Minister of Defense of Russia Yunus-bek Yevkurov and Russian Minister of North Caucasus Affairs Sergey Chebotarev before the meeting in the National Defense Management Center.

Annual expanded meeting of the Ministry of Defense of Russia. Head of the Federal Taxation Service Mikhail Mishustin (left) and Director of the National Guard of Russia, Commander-in-Chief of the National Guard of Russia Viktor Zolotov (right) before the meeting in the National Defense Management Center.

Annual expanded meeting of the Ministry of Defense of Russia. From left: Minister of Internal Affairs of Russia Vladimir Kolokoltsev, Director of the Federal Security Service of Russia Alexander Bortnikov and Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service Sergey Naryshkin before the meeting in the National Defense Management Center.

Annual expanded meeting of the Ministry of Defense of Russia in the National Defense Management Center. Deputy Minister of Defense of Russia Tatyana Shevtsova before the meeting

Annual expanded meeting of the Ministry of Defense of Russia in the National Defense Management Center. Deputy Minister of Defense of Russia Dmitry Bulgakov before the meeting.

Annual expanded meeting of the Ministry of Defense of Russia in the National Defense Management Center.

Annual expanded meeting of the Ministry of Defense of Russia in the National Defense Management Center. Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during the meeting.

Annual expanded meeting of the Ministry of Defense of Russia in the National Defense Management Center. Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during the meeting.

Annual expanded meeting of the Ministry of Defense of Russia in the National Defense Management Center. Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during the meeting.

Annual expanded meeting of the Ministry of Defense of Russia in the National Defense Management Center. Minister of Defence of Russia Sergey Shoygu at the meeting.

Genre photo. Phone case with a portrait of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Annual expanded meeting of the Ministry of Defense of Russia in the National Defense Management Center. Russia's Prosecutor General Yury Chaika (left) and Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill (right) before the meeting.

Annual expanded meeting of the Ministry of Defense of Russia in the National Defense Management Center. Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia, first Deputy Defence Minister Valery Gerasimov at the meeting.

Annual expanded meeting of the Ministry of Defense of Russia in the National Defense Management Center. Russian President Vladimir Putin at the meeting.

Annual expanded meeting of the Ministry of Defense of Russia in the National Defense Management Center. Secretary of the Security Council of Russia Nikolai Patrushev (center) and Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill (right) before the meeting.

Annual expanded meeting of the Ministry of Defense of Russia in the National Defense Management Center. Deputy Minister of Defense of Russia Ruslan Tsalikov before the meeting.

Annual expanded meeting of the Ministry of Defense of Russia in the National Defense Management Center. Director of the National Guard of Russia, Commander-in-Chief of the National Guard of Russia Viktor Zolotov (center) and Adviser to the Minister of Defense of Russia Maria Kitaeva (right) before the meeting.

Annual expanded meeting of the Ministry of Defense of Russia in the National Defense Management Center. Director of the National Guard of Russia, Commander-in-Chief of the National Guard of Russia Viktor Zolotov (second from right) and State Secretary, Deputy Minister of Defense of Russia Nikolai Pankov (right) before the meeting.

Annual expanded meeting of the Ministry of Defense of Russia. Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the North Caucasus Federal District Alexander Matovnikov (center) and Adviser to the Minister of Defense of Russia Maria Kitaeva (right) are seen before the meeting in the National Defense Management Center.