Russian President Vladimir Putin gives Annual Address to the Federal Assembly at the Manege Central Exhibition Hall.

Russian President Vladimir Putin gives Annual Address to the Federal Assembly at the Manege Central Exhibition Hall.

Russian President Vladimir Putin (on screen) gives Annual Address to the Federal Assembly at the Manege Central Exhibition Hall.

Russian President Vladimir Putin gives Annual Address to the Federal Assembly at the Manege Central Exhibition Hall.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's Annual Address to the Federal Assembly at the Manege Central Exhibition Hall. From left: Minister of Labour and Social Affairs of Russia Maxim Topilin, Deputy Chairman of the State Duma of Russia Irina Iarovaia, Leader of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR) Vladimir Zhirinovsky, Minister of Construction Industry, Housing and Utilities Sector of Russia Vladimir Yakushev, 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 Head of "A Just Russia" faction in the State Duma of Russia Sergey Mironov listen to the speech of the Russian President.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's Annual Address to the Federal Assembly at the Manege Central Exhibition Hall. Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Anton Vaino is seen before the speech of the Russian President.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's Annual Address to the Federal Assembly at the Manege Central Exhibition Hall. From left: Chairman of the Federation Council Valentina Matviyenko, Chairman of the State Duma of Russia Vyacheslav Volodin, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill and First Deputy Chairman of the Russian State Duma Alexander Zhukov are seen before the speech of the Russian President.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's Annual Address to the Federal Assembly at the Manege Central Exhibition Hall. Russia's Prosecutor General Yury Chaika (center), Secretary of the Security Council of Russia Nikolai Patrushev (second from left) and Chairman of the State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin (second from right) listen to the speech of the Russian President.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's Annual Address to the Federal Assembly at the Manege Central Exhibition Hall. From left: Chairman of the State Duma of Russia Vyacheslav Volodin and his deputies Pyotr Tolstoy, State Duma Committee on Transport and Construction Evgeny Moskvichev, Deputy Chairman of the State Duma of Russia Irina Iarovaia, Leader of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR) Vladimir Zhirinovsky, Minister of Construction Industry, Housing and Utilities Sector of Russia Vladimir Yakushev, 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 Head of "A Just Russia" faction in the State Duma of Russia Sergey Mironov listen to the speech of the Russian President.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's Annual Address to the Federal Assembly at the Manege Central Exhibition Hall. From left: Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Anton Vaino, Chairman of the Federation Council Valentina Matviyenko, Prime Minister of Russia Dmitry Medvedev, Chairman of the State Duma of Russia Vyacheslav Volodin, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill, Deputy Chairmen of the Russian State Duma Alexander Zhukov, Ivan Melnikov, Olga Epifanova, Igor Lebedev, Sergey Neverov are seen before the speech of the Russian President.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's Annual Address to the Federal Assembly at the Manege Central Exhibition Hall. The graph of Maternity Fund Program is seen on the screen during Russian President's speech.

Russian President Vladimir Putin gives Annual Address to the Federal Assembly at the Manege Central Exhibition Hall.

Russian President Vladimir Putin (on screen) gives Annual Address to the Federal Assembly at the Manege Central Exhibition Hall.

Russian President Vladimir Putin gives Annual Address to the Federal Assembly at the Manege Central Exhibition Hall.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's Annual Address to the Federal Assembly at the Manege Central Exhibition Hall.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's Annual Address to the Federal Assembly at the Manege Central Exhibition Hall. Representative of the executive authority of the Omsk Region in the Federation Council of Russia Yelena Mizulina (left) and Chairman of the Board of AFK Sistema PAO Vladimir Yevtushenkov (right) talk before the Russian President's speech.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's Annual Address to the Federal Assembly at the Manege Central Exhibition Hall.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's Annual Address to the Federal Assembly at the Manege Central Exhibition Hall. Presidential Commissioner for Entrepreneurs' Rights Boris Titov (center) is seen before the Russian President's speech.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's Annual Address to the Federal Assembly at the Manege Central Exhibition Hall. Deputy Speaker of the Federation Council Andrei Turchak is seen before the Russian President's speech.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's Annual Address to the Federal Assembly at the Manege Central Exhibition Hall. Representative of the legislative (representative) authority of the Republic of Dagestan in the Federation Council of Russia Suleiman Kerimov is seen before the Russian President's speech.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's Annual Address to the Federal Assembly at the Manege Central Exhibition Hall. From left: Advisor to the President of Russia on Culture Vladimir Tolstoy, Governor of Moscow Region Andrey Vorobyov and Chief Rabbi of the Federation of Jewish Communities in Russia Berel Lazar are seen before the Russian President's speech.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's Annual Address to the Federal Assembly at the Manege Central Exhibition Hall. Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill (center) and Chairman of the Russian State Duma Committee on International Affairs Leonid Slutsky (right) are seen before the Russian President's speech.

Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives to give Annual Address to the Federal Assembly at the Manege Central Exhibition Hall.

Russian President Vladimir Putin gives Annual Address to the Federal Assembly at the Manege Central Exhibition Hall.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's Annual Address to the Federal Assembly at the Manege Central Exhibition Hall. Russian Minister of Justice Alexander Konovalov (center) is seen before the Russian President's speech.

Russian President Vladimir Putin gives Annual Address to the Federal Assembly at the Manege Central Exhibition Hall.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's Annual Address to the Federal Assembly at the Manege Central Exhibition Hall. From left: Deputy Chairman of the State Duma of Russia Irina Iarovaia, Leader of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR) Vladimir Zhirinovsky 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 speech of the Russian President.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's Annual Address to the Federal Assembly at the Manege Central Exhibition Hall. From left: Deputy Chairman of the Government of Russia - Head of the Office of the Government of Russia Konstantin Chuychenko, Deputy Prime Ministers of Russia Maxim Akimov, Yuri Borisov, Tatyana Golikova and Alexey Gordeev are seen before the speech of the Russian President.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's Annual Address to the Federal Assembly at the Manege Central Exhibition Hall. From left: Chairman of the Federation Council Valentina Matviyenko, Chairman of the State Duma of Russia Vyacheslav Volodin, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill and Prime Minister of Russia Dmitry Medvedev are seen before the speech of the Russian President.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's Annual Address to the Federal Assembly at the Manege Central Exhibition Hall. From left: Deputy Prime Ministers of Russia Alexey Gordeev, Olga Golodets, Dmitry Kozak, Vitaly Mutko and Yury Trutnev are seen before the speech of the Russian President.

Russian President Vladimir Putin gives Annual Address to the Federal Assembly at the Manege Central Exhibition Hall.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's Annual Address to the Federal Assembly at the Manege Central Exhibition Hall. General Director of the Bolshoi Theatre Vladimir Urin (center) listens to the speech of the Russian President.

Russian President Vladimir Putin gives Annual Address to the Federal Assembly at the Manege Central Exhibition Hall.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's Annual Address to the Federal Assembly at the Manege Central Exhibition Hall. Governor of the Kemerovo region Sergey Tsivilev listens the Russian President's speech.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's Annual Address to the Federal Assembly at the Manege Central Exhibition Hall. Aide to the President of Russia Igor Levitin (right) and Chairman of the Accounts Chamber of Russia Alexei Kudrin (second from right) are seen before the Russian President's speech.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's Annual Address to the Federal Assembly at the Manege Central Exhibition Hall. From left: Chairman of the Board of Trustees of National Center for Missing and Affected Children Elena Milskaya, Chairman of the Federation Council Valentina Matviyenko and Chairman of the State Duma of Russia Vyacheslav Volodin are seen before the speech of the Russian President.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's Annual Address to the Federal Assembly at the Manege Central Exhibition Hall. From left: Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Northwestern Federal District Alexander Gutsan, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Russia Vyacheslav Lebedev and Constitutional Court Chief Judge Valery Zorkin are seen before the Russian President's speech.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's Annual Address to the Federal Assembly at the Manege Central Exhibition Hall. Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill is seen before the Russian President's speech.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's Annual Address to the Federal Assembly at the Manege Central Exhibition Hall. Governor of St. Petersburg Alexander Beglov (right) is seen before the Russian President's speech.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's Annual Address to the Federal Assembly at the Manege Central Exhibition Hall. Chairman of the Central Muslim Spiritual Board of Russia Talgat Tadzhuddin (right) is seen before the speech of the Russian President.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's Annual Address to the Federal Assembly at the Manege Central Exhibition Hall. Chairman of the Federation Council Valentina Matviyenko (center) and Chairman of the Central Muslim Spiritual Board of Russia Talgat Tadzhuddin (right) are seen before the speech of the Russian President.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's Annual Address to the Federal Assembly at the Manege Central Exhibition Hall. From left: Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Anton Vaino, Chairman of the Federation Council Valentina Matviyenko, and Prime Minister of Russia Dmitry Medvedev are seen before the speech of the Russian President.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's Annual Address to the Federal Assembly at the Manege Central Exhibition Hall. From left: Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council of Russia Nikolay Fedorov, Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Anton Vaino, Chairman of the Federation Council Valentina Matviyenko, Prime Minister of Russia Dmitry Medvedev, Chairman of the State Duma of Russia Vyacheslav Volodin, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill, First Deputy Chairmen of the Russian State Duma Alexander Zhukov, Ivan Melnikov, and Deputy Chairman of the Russian State Duma Olga Epifanova are seen before the speech of the Russian President.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's Annual Address to the Federal Assembly at the Manege Central Exhibition Hall. From left: Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Anton Vaino, Chairman of the Federation Council Valentina Matviyenko, Prime Minister of Russia Dmitry Medvedev, Chairman of the State Duma of Russia Vyacheslav Volodin and Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill are seen before the speech of the Russian President.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's Annual Address to the Federal Assembly at the Manege Central Exhibition Hall. From left: Minister of Labour and Social Affairs of Russia Maxim Topilin, Deputy Chairman of the State Duma of Russia Irina Iarovaia, Russian Minister of North Caucasus Affairs Sergey Chebotarev, Leader of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR) Vladimir Zhirinovsky and Minister of Construction Industry, Housing and Utilities Sector of Russia Vladimir Yakushev are seen before the speech of the Russian President.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's Annual Address to the Federal Assembly at the Manege Central Exhibition Hall. From right: Deputy Prime Minister of Russia, Presidential Envoy to the Far Eastern Federal District Yury Trutnev, Deputy Prime Ministers of Russia Vitaly Mutko, Dmitry Kozak and Olga Golodets are seen before the speech of the Russian President.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's Annual Address to the Federal Assembly at the Manege Central Exhibition Hall. From left: Chairman of the State Duma of Russia Vyacheslav Volodin, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill First Deputy Chairman of the Russian State Duma Alexander Zhukov, First Deputy Chairman of the Russian State Duma Ivan Melnikov, Deputy Chairmen of the Russian State Duma Olga Epifanova and Igor Lebedev are seen before the speech of the Russian President.

Russian President Vladimir Putin gives Annual Address to the Federal Assembly at the Manege Central Exhibition Hall.

Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives to give Annual Address to the Federal Assembly at the Manege Central Exhibition Hall.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's Annual Address to the Federal Assembly at the Manege Central Exhibition Hall. From left: 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, Chairman of the Accounts Chamber of Russia Alexei Kudrin, First Minister of Finance, First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Anton Siluanov and Deputy Chairman of the Government of Russia - Head of the Office of the Government of Russia Konstantin Chuychenko are seen before the speech of the Russian President.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's Annual Address to the Federal Assembly at the Manege Central Exhibition Hall. Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Northwestern Federal District Alexander Gutsan listens to the speech of the Russian President.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's Annual Address to the Federal Assembly at the Manege Central Exhibition Hall. Governor of Moscow Region Andrey Vorobyov (right) is seen before the Russian President's speech.

Russian President Vladimir Putin gives Annual Address to the Federal Assembly at the Manege Central Exhibition Hall.

Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives to give Annual Address to the Federal Assembly at the Manege Central Exhibition Hall.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's Annual Address to the Federal Assembly at the Manege Central Exhibition Hall. From left: Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council of Russia Nikolai Zhuravlev, Yuri Vorobyov, Nikolay Fedorov and Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Anton Vaino are seen before the speech of the Russian President.

Russian President Vladimir Putin (on screen) gives Annual Address to the Federal Assembly at the Manege Central Exhibition Hall.

Russian President Vladimir Putin gives Annual Address to the Federal Assembly at the Manege Central Exhibition Hall.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's Annual Address to the Federal Assembly at the Manege Central Exhibition Hall. From left: Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Anton Vaino, Chairman of the Federation Council Valentina Matviyenko, Prime Minister of Russia Dmitry Medvedev, Chairman of the State Duma of Russia Vyacheslav Volodin, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill, First Deputy Chairmen of the Russian State Duma Alexander Zhukov, Ivan Melnikov, Deputy Chairmen of the Russian State Duma Olga Epifanova, Igor Lebedev, Sergey Neverov, Olga Timofeeva, Pyotr Tolstoy, Irina Yarovaya and Leader of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR) Vladimir Zhirinovsky are seen before the speech of the Russian President.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's Annual Address to the Federal Assembly at the Manege Central Exhibition Hall. Russia's Prosecutor General Yury Chaika (center) listens to the speech of the Russian President.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's Annual Address to the Federal Assembly at the Manege Central Exhibition Hall. From left: First Deputy Chairman of the Russian State Duma Alexander Zhukov, First Deputy Chairman of the Russian State Duma Ivan Melnikov, Deputy Chairmen of the Russian State Duma Olga Epifanova, Igor Lebedev and Sergey Neverov are seen before the speech of the Russian President.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's Annual Address to the Federal Assembly at the Manege Central Exhibition Hall. Representative of the executive authority of the Sverdlovsk Region in the Federation Council of Russia Eduard Rossel is seen before the Russian President's speech.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's Annual Address to the Federal Assembly at the Manege Central Exhibition Hall. Russia's Prosecutor General Yury Chaika (left) and First Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Administration of Russia Sergey Kirienko (right) talk before the speech of the Russian President.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's Annual Address to the Federal Assembly at the Manege Central Exhibition Hall. Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee for Health Protection Leonid Ogul (center) smiles before the Russian President's speech.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's Annual Address to the Federal Assembly at the Manege Central Exhibition Hall. Head of the Russian Federal Tax Service Mikhail Mishustin (center) is seen before the Russian President's speech.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's Annual Address to the Federal Assembly at the Manege Central Exhibition Hall. From left: Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Agriculture and Food Policy and Environmental Management Alexei Mayorov and Minister of Health of Russia Veronika Skvortsova listen to the speech of the Russian President.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's Annual Address to the Federal Assembly at the Manege Central Exhibition Hall. Deputy Speaker of the Federation Council Andrei Turchak (left) and Russian Minister of Transport Yevgeny Dietrich are seen before the speech of the Russian President.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's Annual Address to the Federal Assembly at the Manege Central Exhibition Hall. Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service Sergey Naryshkin (left) listens to the Russian President's speech.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's Annual Address to the Federal Assembly at the Manege Central Exhibition Hall. Prime Minister of Russia Dmitry Medvedev arrives to hear the speech of the Russian President.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's Annual Address to the Federal Assembly at the Manege Central Exhibition Hall. From left: Chairman of the Board of Trustees of National Center for Missing and Affected Children Elena Milskaya, Chairman of the Federation Council Valentina Matviyenko and Chairman of the State Duma of Russia Vyacheslav Volodin are seen before the speech of the Russian President.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's Annual Address to the Federal Assembly at the Manege Central Exhibition Hall. Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council of Russia Andrey Turchak (left) and Russian Minister of Transport Yevgeny Dietrich (right) are seen before the speech of the Russian President.

Russian President Vladimir Putin (on screen) during the annual Address to the Federal Assembly in the Manege Central Exhibition Hall.