Plenary meeting of the Russian State Duma. From right: Member of the State Duma Committee on Health Protection Valery Elykomov, First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Education and Science Gennady Onishchenko and Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Family, Women and Children Affairs Tamara Pletneva are seen before the meeting.

Plenary meeting of the Russian State Duma. Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on State Building and Legislation Rafael Mardanshin (left) is seen before the meeting.

Plenary meeting of the Russian State Duma. First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Culture Elena Drapeko (left) is seen before the meeting.

Plenary meeting of the Russian State Duma. Member of the State Duma Committee on Federal System and Issues of Local Self-Government Alexander Sidorov (right) is seen before the meeting.

Plenary meeting of the Russian State Duma. Member of the Russian State Duma Committee on Defense Roman Romanenko (left) is seen before the meeting.

Plenary meeting of the Russian State Duma. From left: Member of the Russian State Duma Committee on Foreign Affairs Murad Gadylshin, Member of the State Duma Committee on Transport and Construction Abdulgamid Emirgamzaev and Member of the Russian State Duma Committee on Foreign Affairs Artur Chilingarov are seen before the meeting.

Plenary meeting of the Russian State Duma. Chairman of the State Duma of Russia Vyacheslav Volodin (left) and Member of the Russian State Duma Committee for State Building and Legislation Olga Batalina (right) attend the meeting.

Plenary meeting of the Russian State Duma. Chairman of the State Duma of Russia Vyacheslav Volodin (left) and Member of the Russian State Duma Committee for State Building and Legislation Olga Batalina (right) attend the meeting.

Plenary meeting of the Russian State Duma. Member of the Russian State Duma Committee on Budget and Taxes Galina Danchikova is seen before the meeting.

Plenary meeting of the Russian State Duma. First Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Education and Science Oleg Smolin (right) attends the meeting.

Plenary meeting of the Russian State Duma. First Deputy Chairman of the Russian State Duma Committee on Informational Policy, Technologies and Communications Sergey Boiarsky (left) and Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Culture Elena Yampolskaya (right) attend the meeting.

Plenary meeting of the Russian State Duma. From left: Member of the State Duma Committee on Federal System and Issues of Local Self-Government Denis Parfenov, Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Control and Regulations Alexey Ponomarev, Deputy Chairman of the Russian State Duma Pyotr Tolstoy, Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Issues of the Commonwealth of Independent States and Contacts with Fellow Countryman Leonid Kalashnikov and First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Culture Vladimir Bortko are seen before the meeting.

Plenary meeting of the Russian State Duma. Member of the State Duma Committee on Informational Policy, Technologies and Communications Evgeny Revenko (right) and member of the State Duma Committee for Energy Alexander Yakubovsk (left) attend the meeting.

Plenary meeting of the Russian State Duma. Member of the State Duma Committee on Nationalities Akhmed Dogaev (right) is seen before the meeting.

Plenary meeting of the Russian State Duma. From left: Member of the State Duma Committee on Nationalities Akhmed Dogaev, Member of the State Duma Committee on Transport and Construction Alexander Vasilyev and Member of the State Duma Committee on Labor, Social Policy and Veterans Affairs Olga Pavlova are seen before the meeting.

Plenary meeting of the Russian State Duma. Member of the Committee on Labor, Social Policy and Veterans Affairs Andrei Isaev (left) and Head of the United Russia faction Sergei Neverov (right) are seen before the meeting.

Plenary meeting of the Russian State Duma. Chairman of the State Duma of Russia Vyacheslav Volodin (left) and First Deputy Chairman of the Russian State Duma Alexander Zhukov (right) are seen before the meeting.

Plenary meeting of the Russian State Duma. Member of the State Duma Committee for Security and Anti-Corruption Andrei Lugovoi (right) and Member of the State Duma Committee on Housing Policy and Municipal Services Sergey Natarov (left) talk before the meeting.

Plenary meeting of the Russian State Duma. Member of the State Duma Committee on Energy Alexander Karelin (left) is seen before the meeting.

Plenary meeting of the Russian State Duma. From left: Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on State Building and Legislation Rafael Mardanshin, Member of the Russian State Duma Committee on Foreign Affairs Artur Chilingarov and Deputy Chairman of Russian State Duma Committee on Federal System and Issues of Local Self-Government Valentina Tereshkova are seen before the meeting.

Plenary meeting of the Russian State Duma. From left: Member of the State Duma Committee on Nationalities Akhmed Dogaev, Member of the State Duma Committee on Budget and Taxes Alexander Nosov and Member of the State Duma Committee on Transport and Construction Alexander Vasilyev are seen before the meeting.

Plenary meeting of the Russian State Duma. From left: Member of the State Duma Committee on Housing Policy and Municipal Services Igor Toroschin, State Duma Committee on Ecology and Environmental Protection Kirill Cherkasov, Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Education and Science Boris Chernyshov and Member of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs Elena Strokova attend the meeting.

Plenary meeting of the Russian State Duma. Head of the United Russia faction Sergei Neverov (left) and Member of the Russian State Duma Committee for State Building and Legislation Olga Batalina (left) attend the meeting.

Plenary meeting of the Russian State Duma. From left: Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on State Building and Legislation Rafael Mardanshin, Member of the Russian State Duma Committee on Foreign Affairs Artur Chilingarov and Deputy Chairman of Russian State Duma Committee on Federal System and Issues of Local Self-Government Valentina Tereshkova are seen before the meeting.

Plenary meeting of the Russian State Duma. Chairman of the State Duma of Russia Vyacheslav Volodin (left) and Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee for State Building and Legislation Alexander Gribov (center) attend the meeting.