The first plenary meeting of the Russian State Duma's spring session of 2020. Member of the State Duma Committee on Culture Elena Bondarenko (left) and Member of the State Duma Committee on Energy Alexander Karelin (right) attend the meeting.

The first plenary meeting of the Russian State Duma's spring session of 2020. First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Security and Corruption Control Ernest Valeev (left) attends the meeting.

The first plenary meeting of the Russian State Duma's spring session of 2020. Member of the State Duma Committee on Physical Culture, Sports, Tourism and Youth Affairs Alexander Prokopiev is seen before the meeting.

The first plenary meeting of the Russian State Duma's spring session of 2020. Member of the State Duma Committee on Federal System and Issues of Local Self-Government Alexander Sidorov (left) and State Duma Committee on Issues of the Commonwealth of Independent States and Contacts with Fellow Countryman Irek Zinnurov (center) attend the meeting.

The first plenary meeting of the Russian State Duma's spring session of 2020. Member of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs Artur Chilingarov (left) and Member of the State Duma Committee on Natural Resources, Property and Land Nikolay Antoshkin (right) attend the meeting.

The first plenary meeting of the Russian State Duma's spring session of 2020. Member of State Duma Committee on Agrarian Issues Igor Stankevich (left) and Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Defense Vladimir Shamanov (right) attend the meeting.

The first plenary meeting of the Russian State Duma's spring session of 2020. Member of the State Duma Committee on Education and Science Alexei Zagrebin (left) and Member of the State Duma Committee on Health Protection Vladislav Tretiak (right) are seen before the meeting.

The first plenary meeting of the Russian State Duma's spring session of 2020. From left: member of the Russian State Duma Committee for Economic Policy, Industry, Innovative Development and Entrepreneurship Sergey Panteleev, leader of the Russian Communist Party, member of the State Duma Committee for the Commonwealth of Independent States, Eurasian Integration and Relations with Compatriots Gennady Zyuganov and Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Control and Regulations Alexey Ponomarev are seen before the meeting.

The first plenary meeting of the Russian State Duma's spring session of 2020. From left: Chairman of the State Duma of Russia Vyacheslav Volodin and his deputies Pyotr Tolstoy and Olga Timofeeva attend the meeting.

The first plenary meeting of the Russian State Duma's spring session of 2020. Members of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs Sergey Marinin (left), Elena Strokova (second from left) and Member of the State Duma Committee for Physical Culture, Sports, Tourism and Youth Affairs Dmitry Svischev (second from right) are seen before the meeting.

The first plenary meeting of the Russian State Duma's spring session of 2020. Member of the State Duma Committee on Culture Elena Bondarenko (center) attends the meeting.

The first plenary meeting of the Russian State Duma's spring session of 2020. First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Labor, Social Policy and Veterans Affairs Nikolai Kolomeytsev (left) and Deputy Chairman of Russian State Duma Committee on Federal System and Issues of Local Self-Government Valentina Tereshkova (right) attend the meeting.

The first plenary meeting of the Russian State Duma's spring session of 2020. Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Budget and Taxes Andrei Makarov (right) and First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Budget and Taxes Gleb Khor (left) attend the meeting.

The first plenary meeting of the Russian State Duma's spring session of 2020. Genre photo. Deputy of the State Duma of Russia at the workplace in the meeting room.

The first plenary meeting of the Russian State Duma's spring session of 2020. Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs Irina Rodnina (center) and Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Family, Women and Children Oksana Pushkina (right) are seen before the meeting.

The first plenary meeting of the Russian State Duma's spring session of 2020. Members of the Russian State Duma Committee on Foreign Affairs Murad Gadylshin and Artur Chilingarov (right) attend the meeting.

The first plenary meeting of the Russian State Duma's spring session of 2020. Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Budget and Taxes Dmitry Yurkov (left) and Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Culture Alexander Sholokhov (right) are seen before the meeting.

The first plenary meeting of the Russian State Duma's spring session of 2020. From left: Member of the State Duma Committee on Housing Policy and Municipal Services Andrey Palkin, Member of the State Duma Committee on Regional Policy and Problems of North and Far East Vladimir Novikov and Member of the State Duma Committee for Agriculture Rodion Bukachakov are seen before the meeting.

The first plenary meeting of the Russian State Duma's spring session of 2020. Deputy Chairman of the Russian State Duma Committee on International Affairs Anatoly Karpov (right) and Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Agrarian Issues Alexei Lavrinenko (left) before the meeting.

The first plenary meeting of the Russian State Duma's spring session of 2020. Deputies of the Russian State Duma sing the National Anthem of Russia before the meeting.

The first plenary meeting of the Russian State Duma's spring session of 2020. Member of the Russian State Duma Committee for the Commonwealth of Independent States, Eurasian Integration and Relations with Compatriots Yury Mischeryakov (left) is seen before the meeting.

The first plenary meeting of the Russian State Duma's spring session of 2020. Deputies of the Russian State Duma stand for the National Anthem of Russia before the meeting.

The first plenary meeting of the Russian State Duma's spring session of 2020. Chairman of the State Duma of Russia Vyacheslav Volodin (center) walks away from the rostrum after delivering a speech on the meeting.

The first plenary meeting of the Russian State Duma's spring session of 2020. Leader of the Russian Communist Party, Member of the State Duma Committee for the Commonwealth of Independent States, Eurasian Integration and Relations with Compatriots Gennady Zyuganov (center) is seen before the meeting.

The first plenary meeting of the Russian State Duma's spring session of 2020. Member of the Russian State Duma Committee for Health Protection Vasily Maximov attend the meeting.

The first plenary meeting of the Russian State Duma's spring session of 2020. First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Foreign Affairs Svetlana Zhurova (left) and member of the State Duma Committee on State Building and Legislation Irina Belykh (right) are seen before the meeting.

The first plenary meeting of the Russian State Duma's spring session of 2020. From left: member of the State Duma Committee on Public Associations and Religious Organizations Magomed Selimkhanov, Member of the State Duma Committee on Health Protection Tamara Frolova, Member of the Russian State Duma Committee for Security and Anti-Corruption Adam Delimkhanov and member of the State Duma Committee of Russia on Energy Boris Gladkikh attend the meeting.

The first plenary meeting of the Russian State Duma's spring session of 2020. Chairman of the State Duma of Russia Vyacheslav Volodin (center), his first deputy Ivan Melnikov (right) and Deputy Chairman of the State Duma of Russia Sergei Neverov (left) attend the meeting.

The first plenary meeting of the Russian State Duma's spring session of 2020. First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Education and Science Gennadiy Onishchenko (second from left) is seen before the meeting.

The first plenary meeting of the Russian State Duma's spring session of 2020. From left: Member of the State Duma Committee on Budget and Taxes Victor Seliverstov, member of the State Duma Committee on Culture Yuri Levitsky and Member of the State Duma Committee on Housing Policy and Municipal Services Mikhail Chernyshev are seen before the meeting.

The first plenary meeting of the Russian State Duma's spring session of 2020. Member of the State Duma Committee on Housing Policy and Municipal Services Sergei Pakhomov (left) and member of the State Duma Committee on Federal System and Issues of Local Self-Government Elena Vtorygina (right) before the meeting.

The first plenary meeting of the Russian State Duma's spring session of 2020. Member of the State Duma Committee on Natural Resources, Property and Land Konstantin Slyshchenko is seen before the meeting.

The first plenary meeting of the Russian State Duma's spring session of 2020. From left: Member of the Russian State Duma Committee for Economic Policy, Industry, Innovative Development and Entrepreneurship Vitaly Bakhmetyev, Member of the State Duma Committee on Regional Policy and Problems of North and Far East Anatoly Tikhomirov, Member of the State Duma Committee on Education and Science Gadzhimet Safaraliev, State Duma Committee on Federal System and Issues of Local Self-Government Ravil Khusnullin and member of the State Duma Committee on Culture Yuri Levitsky talk before the meeting.

The first plenary meeting of the Russian State Duma's spring session of 2020. Deputy chairman of the State Duma Igor Lebedev (left) and Leader of the Russian Communist Party, member of the State Duma Committee for the Commonwealth of Independent States, Eurasian Integration and Relations with Compatriots Gennady Zyuganov are seen before the meeting.

The first plenary meeting of the Russian State Duma's spring session of 2020. Member of the Russian State Duma Committee for Economic Policy, Industry, Innovative Development and Entrepreneurship Alexei Balyberdin (left) and Member of the Russian State Duma Committee for Economic Policy, Industry, Innovative Development and Entrepreneurship Vitaly Bakhmetyev talk before the meeting.

The first plenary meeting of the Russian State Duma's spring session of 2020. First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on the Financial Market Igor Divinsky (left) and member of the State Duma Committee on Control and Regulations Konstantin Bakharev (right) before the meeting.

The first plenary meeting of the Russian State Duma's spring session of 2020. Deputy Chairman of Russian State Duma Committee on Federal System and Issues of Local Self-Government Valentina Tereshkova attends the meeting.

The first plenary meeting of the Russian State Duma's spring session of 2020. Member of the Russian State Duma Committee for Security and Anti-Corruption Adam Delimkhanov (left) and Member of the State Duma Committee on Physical Culture, Sport and Youth Affairs Marat Bariev (center) embrace before the meeting.

The first plenary meeting of the Russian State Duma's spring session of 2020. Wall calendar 2020 with a portrait of Vladimir Shamanov.

The first plenary meeting of the Russian State Duma's spring session of 2020. Wall calendar 2020 with a portrait of Vladimir Shamanov.