Vladimir Putin's working visit to Saint Petersburg. Flower-laying ceremony at the Monument to the First Mayor of Saint Petersburg Anatoly Sobchak.

Vladimir Putin's working visit to Saint Petersburg. Flower-laying ceremony at the Monument to the First Mayor of Saint Petersburg Anatoly Sobchak.

Vladimir Putin's working visit to Saint Petersburg. Flower-laying ceremony at the Monument to the First Mayor of Saint Petersburg Anatoly Sobchak.

Vladimir Putin's working visit to Saint Petersburg. Flower-laying ceremony at the Monument to the First Mayor of Saint Petersburg Anatoly Sobchak. Chairman of the Accounts Chamber of Russia Alexey Kudrin (right) is seen before the ceremony.

Vladimir Putin's working visit to Saint Petersburg. Flower-laying ceremony at the Monument to the First Mayor of Saint Petersburg Anatoly Sobchak. From left: Representative of the executive authority of the Republic of Tyva in the Federation Council of Russia, widow of Anatoly Sobchak Lyudmila Narusova, Artistic Director of the Theater on Malaya Bronnaya Konstantin Bogomolov and Anatoly Sobchak's daughter, Russian TV host Ksenia Sobchak are seen before the ceremony.

Vladimir Putin's working visit to Saint Petersburg. Flower-laying ceremony at the Monument to the First Mayor of Saint Petersburg Anatoly Sobchak. Anatoly Sobchak's daughter, Russian TV host Ksenia Sobchak attends the ceremony.

Vladimir Putin's working visit to Saint Petersburg. Flower-laying ceremony at the Monument to the First Mayor of Saint Petersburg Anatoly Sobchak. Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Administration of Russia Dmitry Kozak (left), Chairman of the Accounts Chamber of Russia Alexey Kudrin (second from left), Rector of Saint Petersburg State University Nikolai Kropachev (second from right) and Representative of the legislative (representative) authority of the Kaluga Region in the Federation Council of Russia Alexey Alexandrov (right) are seen before the ceremony.

Vladimir Putin's working visit to Saint Petersburg. Flower-laying ceremony at the Monument to the First Mayor of Saint Petersburg Anatoly Sobchak. From left: Anatoly Sobchak's daughter, Russian TV host Ksenia Sobchak, President, Chairman of the Board of Sberbank Herman Gref and Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Administration of Russia Dmitry Kozak (center) are seen before the ceremony.

Vladimir Putin's working visit to Saint Petersburg. Flower-laying ceremony at the Monument to the First Mayor of Saint Petersburg Anatoly Sobchak. Russian President Vladimir Putin (second from right), Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Northwestern Federal District Alexander Gutsan, Representative of the executive authority of the Republic of Tyva in the Federation Council of Russia, widow of Anatoly Sobchak Lyudmila Narusova (center) and Governor of Saint Petersburg Alexander Beglov (second from right) are seen before the ceremony.

Vladimir Putin's working visit to Saint Petersburg. Flower-laying ceremony at the Monument to the First Mayor of Saint Petersburg Anatoly Sobchak. Russian President Vladimir Putin (second from right), Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Northwestern Federal District Alexander Gutsan (right), Representative of the executive authority of the Republic of Tyva in the Federation Council of Russia, widow of Anatoly Sobchak Lyudmila Narusova (center) and Governor of Saint Petersburg Alexander Beglov (second from left) are seen before the ceremony.

Vladimir Putin's working visit to Saint Petersburg. Flower-laying ceremony at the Monument to the First Mayor of Saint Petersburg Anatoly Sobchak. Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Administration of Russia Dmitry Kozak (right), Russian President Vladimir Putin (center), Representative of the executive authority of the Republic of Tyva in the Federation Council of Russia, widow of Anatoly Sobchak Lyudmila Narusova (second from left) and Representative of the legislative (representative) authority of the Kaluga Region in the Federation Council of Russia Alexey Alexandrov (left) are seen before the ceremony.

Vladimir Putin's working visit to Saint Petersburg. Flower-laying ceremony at the Monument to the First Mayor of Saint Petersburg Anatoly Sobchak. From right: Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Administration of Russia Dmitry Kozak, Governor of Saint Petersburg Alexander Beglov, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Representative of the executive authority of the Republic of Tyva in the Federation Council of Russia, widow of Anatoly Sobchak Lyudmila Narusova and Representative of the legislative (representative) authority of the Kaluga Region in the Federation Council of Russia Alexey Alexandrov are seen before the ceremony.

Vladimir Putin's working visit to Saint Petersburg. Flower-laying ceremony at the Monument to the First Mayor of Saint Petersburg Anatoly Sobchak. From right: Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Administration of Russia Dmitry Kozak, Governor of Saint Petersburg Alexander Beglov, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Representative of the executive authority of the Republic of Tyva in the Federation Council of Russia, widow of Anatoly Sobchak Lyudmila Narusova, Owner of Brocade Vintage Boutique Elena Zilberkwit, Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Northwestern Federal District Alexander Gutsan and Russian TV host Ksenia Sobchak are seen before the ceremony.

Vladimir Putin's working visit to Saint Petersburg. Flower-laying ceremony at the Monument to the First Mayor of Saint Petersburg Anatoly Sobchak. Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) and Representative of the executive authority of the Republic of Tyva in the Federation Council of Russia, widow of Anatoly Sobchak Lyudmila Narusova (left) attend the ceremony.

Vladimir Putin's working visit to Saint Petersburg. Flower-laying ceremony at the Monument to the First Mayor of Saint Petersburg Anatoly Sobchak. Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Administration of Russia Dmitry Kozak (right), Governor of Saint Petersburg Alexander Beglov (second from right), Russian President Vladimir Putin (center), Owner of Brocade Vintage Boutique Elena Zilberkwit (second from left) and Russian TV host Ksenia Sobchak (left) are seen before the ceremony.

Vladimir Putin's working visit to Saint Petersburg. Flower-laying ceremony at the Monument to the First Mayor of Saint Petersburg Anatoly Sobchak.

Vladimir Putin's working visit to Saint Petersburg. Flower-laying ceremony at the Monument to the First Mayor of Saint Petersburg Anatoly Sobchak.

ladimir Putin's working visit to Saint Petersburg. Flower-laying ceremony at the Monument to the First Mayor of Saint Petersburg Anatoly Sobchak.

Vladimir Putin's working visit to Saint Petersburg. Poster on the building of the St. Petersburg State Academic Philharmonic named after Shostakovich reading: "In memory of the first mayor of St. Petersburg Anatoly Sobchak."

Vladimir Putin's working visit to Saint Petersburg. Governor of Saint Petersburg Alexander Beglov (left) and Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Northwestern Federal District Alexander Gutsan (right) attend the ceremony.

Vladimir Putin's working visit to Saint Petersburg. Flower-laying ceremony at the Monument to the First Mayor of Saint Petersburg Anatoly Sobchak. Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) and Representative of the executive authority of the Republic of Tyva in the Federation Council of Russia, widow of Anatoly Sobchak Lyudmila Narusova (left) attend the ceremony.

Vladimir Putin's working visit to Saint Petersburg. Flower-laying ceremony at the Monument to the First Mayor of Saint Petersburg Anatoly Sobchak. From left: Representative of the executive authority of the Republic of Tyva in the Federation Council of Russia, widow of Anatoly Sobchak Lyudmila Narusova, Anatoly Sobchak's daughter, Russian TV host Ksenia Sobchak and Artistic Director of the Theater on Malaya Bronnaya Konstantin Bogomolov are seen before the ceremony.