Plenary meeting of the Federation Council of Russia. Minister of Energy of Russia Alexander Novak speaks during the meeting.

Plenary meeting of the Federation Council of Russia. From left: Deputy Chairmen of the Federation Council of Russia Andrey Turchak, Ilyas Umakhanov, Nikolai Fedorov, Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Constitutional Legislation and State Building Andrey Klishas and Chairman of the Federation Council of Russia Valentina Matvienko attend the meeting.

Plenary meeting of the Federation Council of Russia. From left: Deputy Chairmen of the Federation Council of Russia Andrey Turchak, Ilyas Umakhanov, Nikolai Fedorov, Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Constitutional Legislation and State Building Andrey Klishas and Chairman of the Federation Council of Russia Valentina Matvienko attend the meeting.

Plenary meeting of the Federation Council of Russia. Representative in the Federation Council of Russia of the legislative (representative) authority of the Perm Region Alexei Pushkov (left) and Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Constitutional Legislation and State Building Andrey Klishas (right) talk during the meeting.

Plenary meeting of the Federation Council of Russia. From left: Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council of Russia Ilyas Umakhanov, Russia's Commissioner for Human Rights Tatyana Moskalkova, First Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council of Russia Nikolai Fedorov and Chairman of the Federation Council of Russia Valentina Matvienko attend the meeting.

Plenary meeting of the Federation Council of Russia. Russia's Commissioner for Human Rights Tatyana Moskalkova speaks during the meeting.

Plenary meeting of the Federation Council of Russia. Representative in the Federation Council of the executive authority of the Belgorod Region Nikolai Ryzhkov attends the meeting.

Plenary meeting of the Federation Council of Russia. Representative of the legislative (representative) authority of the Astrakhan Region Gennady Ordenov (left) and Representative of the executive authority of the Astrakhan Region Alexander Bashkin (right) attend the meeting.

Plenary meeting of the Federation Council of Russia. First Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Agriculture and Food Policy Sergei Mitin attends the meeting.

Plenary meeting of the Federation Council of Russia. Representative of the executive authority of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) Egor Borisov (center) attends the meeting.

Plenary meeting of the Federation Council of Russia. Representative of the executive authority of the Udmurtian Republic Lyubov Glebova (second from left), Representative of the executive authority of the Republic of Tatarstan Oleg Morozov (center), Representative of the legislative (representative) authority of the Republic of Tatarstan (right) attend the meeting.

Plenary meeting of the Federation Council of Russia. Russia's Commissioner for Human Rights Tatyana Moskalkova (left) attends the meeting.

Plenary meeting of the Federation Council of Russia. Representative of the executive authority of the Omsk Region in the Federation Council of Russia Yelena Mizulina is seen before the meeting.

Plenary meeting of the Federation Council of Russia. From left: Chief of Staff of the Federation Council of Russia Gennady Golov, Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council of Russia Yuri Vorobyov, First Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council of Russia Nikolai Fedorov and Chairman of the Federation Council of Russia Valentina Matvienko attends the meeting.

Plenary meeting of the Federation Council of Russia. From left: Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council of Russia Galina Karelova, Chairman of the Federation Council of Russia Valentina Matvienko, her First Deputy Nikolai Fedorov and Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council of Russia Yuri Vorobyov attend the meeting.

Plenary meeting of the Federation Council of Russia. From left: Deputy Chairmen of the Federation Council of Russia Andrey Turchak, Ilyas Umakhanov, Chairman of the Federation Council of Russia Valentina Matvienko and her First Deputy Nikolai Fedorov attend the meeting.

Plenary meeting of the Federation Council of Russia. Chairman of the Federation Council of Russia Valentina Matvienko speaks during the meeting.

Plenary meeting of the Federation Council of Russia. Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Constitutional Legislation and State Building Andrey Klishas attends the meeting.

Plenary meeting of the Federation Council of Russia. Representative of the legislative (representative) authority of the Yaroslavl Region Natalia Kosykhina (center) attends the meeting.

Plenary meeting of the Federation Council of Russia. Deputy Ministers of Energy of Russia Yuri Manevich (first row, left) and Pavel Sorokin (first row, right) and Chairman of the Federation Council of Russia Valentina Matvienko (on screen) attend the meeting.

Plenary meeting of the Federation Council of Russia. Chairman of the Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights Valery Fadeev attends the meeting.

Plenary meeting of the Federation Council of Russia. Representative of the executive authority of the Kemerovo Region Alexei Sinitsyn (left) and Representative of the executive authority of the Kaluga Region Anatoly Artamonov (right) attend the meeting.

Plenary meeting of the Federation Council of Russia. From left: Deputy Chairmen of the Federation Council of Russia Andrey Turchak, Ilyas Umakhanov, First Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council of Russia Nikolai Fedorov attend the meeting.

Plenary meeting of the Federation Council of Russia. From left: Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council of Russia Ilyas Umakhanov, Chief of Staff of the Federation Council of Russia Gennady Golov and Chairman of the Federation Council of Russia Valentina Matvienko attend the meeting.

Plenary meeting of the Federation Council of Russia. Chairman of the Council of the Presidential Private Law Research Center Lidia Mikheeva (left) and Russia's Commissioner for Human Rights Tatyana Moskalkova (right) attend the meeting.

Plenary meeting of the Federation Council of Russia. Presidential Plenipotentiary to the Federation Council of Russia Artur Muravyov (left) and Russia's Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov (right) attend the meeting.

Plenary meeting of the Federation Council of Russia. Presidential Plenipotentiary to the Federation Council of Russia Artur Muravyov (right) and Russia's Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov (left) attend the meeting.

Plenary meeting of the Federation Council of Russia. Representative in the Federation Council of Russia of the legislative (representative) authority of the Perm Region Alexei Pushkov (left) and Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Constitutional Legislation and State Building Andrey Klishas (right) talk during the meeting.

Plenary meeting of the Federation Council of Russia. State Secretary - Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation Igor Zubov attend the meeting.

Plenary meeting of the Federation Council of Russia. Chairman of the State Duma Committee on State Building and Legislation Pavel Krasheninnikov (left) and Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Constitutional Legislation and State Building Andrey Klishas (center) talk during the meeting.

Plenary meeting of the Federation Council of Russia. Chairman of the Federation Council of Russia Valentina Matvienko (right) and her First Deputy Nikolai Fedorov (left) attend the meeting.

Plenary meeting of the Federation Council of Russia. Chairman of the Federation Council of Russia Valentina Matvienko and her Deputy Yuri Vorobyov (right) talk during the meeting.

Plenary meeting of the Federation Council of Russia. Chairman of the State Duma Committee on State Building and Legislation Pavel Krasheninnikov (left) and Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Constitutional Legislation and State Building Andrey Klishas (center) talk during the meeting.

Plenary meeting of the Federation Council of Russia. Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Constitutional Legislation and State Building Andrey Klishas attends the meeting.

Plenary meeting of the Federation Council of Russia. Genre photo. Member of the Federation Council reads newspaper article titled "Godspeed!"

Plenary meeting of the Federation Council of Russia. Chairman of the State Duma Committee on State Building and Legislation Pavel Krasheninnikov attends the meeting.

Plenary meeting of the Federation Council of Russia. Genre photo. Member of the Federation Council of Russia reads newspaper article titled "Heptarchy."

Plenary meeting of the Federation Council of Russia. From left: Auditor of the Accounts Chamber of Russia Valery Bogomolov (left) and Chairman of the Board of Novatek Leonid Mikhelson (right) are seen before the meeting.

Plenary meeting of the Federation Council of Russia. From left: Deputy Chairmen of the Federation Council of Russia Ilyas Umakhanov, Minister of Energy of Russia Alexander Novak, First Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council of Russia Nikolai Fedorov and Chairman of the Federation Council of Russia Valentina Matvienko attend the meeting.

Plenary meeting of the Federation Council of Russia. Representative of the executive authority of the Tula Region Dmitry Savelyev (second from left), Representative of the executive authority of the Tomsk Region Viktor Kress (center) attend the meeting.

Plenary meeting of the Federation Council of Russia. Chairman of the Council of the Presidential Private Law Research Center Lidia Mikheeva (right) and Chairman of the Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights Valery Fadeev (left) attend the meeting.

Plenary meeting of the Federation Council of Russia. Chairman of the Federation Council of Russia Valentina Matvienko (right) speaks during the meeting.

Plenary meeting of the Federation Council of Russia. Chairman of the Council of the Presidential Private Law Research Center Lidia Mikheeva (right) and Russia's Commissioner for Human Rights Tatyana Moskalkova (center) attend the meeting.

Plenary meeting of the Federation Council of Russia.

Plenary meeting of the Federation Council of Russia. Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Constitutional Legislation and State Building Andrey Klishas attends the meeting.

Plenary meeting of the Federation Council of Russia. Presidential Plenipotentiary to the Federation Council of Russia Artur Muravyov (left) and Russia's Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov (right) attend the meeting.

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Plenary session of the Federation Council of Russia. Representative in the Federation Council of Russia from the executive body of state power of the Republic of Tyva Lyudmila Narusova during the meeting.

Plenary session of the Federation Council of Russia. Pavel Krasheninnikov, Chairman of the Russian State Duma Committee on State Building and Legislation (left), and Andrey Klishas (center), representative in the Federation Council of Russia from the executive body of state power of the Krasnoyarsk Region, and Taliya Khabriyeva, director of the Institute of Legislation and Comparative Law under the Russian government, during meetings.

Plenary session of the Federation Council of Russia. Pavel Krasheninnikov (left), chairman of the Russian State Duma Committee on State Building and Legislation, and Andrey Klishas (right), a representative of the Krasnoyarsk Region executive body in the Russian Federation Council, during a meeting.