Work trip of Russian President Vladimir Putin to St. Petersburg. Second Russia-Africa summit and economic and humanitarian forum at the ExpoForum Convention and Exhibition Center (CEC). Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) and Chairman of the African Union, President of the Union of the Comoros Azali Assoumani (left) during a working breakfast of Russian President Vladimir Putin with heads of African regional organizations as part of the forum.

Work trip of Russian President Vladimir Putin to St. Petersburg. Second Russia-Africa summit and economic and humanitarian forum at the ExpoForum Convention and Exhibition Center (CEC). Chairman of the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission Mikhail Myasnikovich (left) and Russian Presidential Aide Yury Ushakov (right) before the meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and President of the Republic of Burundi Evariste Ndayishimiye at the forum.

Work trip of Russian President Vladimir Putin to St. Petersburg. Second Russia-Africa summit and economic and humanitarian forum at the ExpoForum Convention and Exhibition Center (CEC). Chairman of the African Union, President of the Union of the Comoros Azali Assoumani during a working breakfast of Russian President Vladimir Putin with the heads of African regional organizations as part of the forum.

Work trip of Russian President Vladimir Putin to St. Petersburg. Second Russia-Africa summit and economic and humanitarian forum at the ExpoForum Convention and Exhibition Center (CEC). Director of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation Dmitry Shugaev (center) during a working breakfast of Russian President Vladimir Putin with heads of African regional organizations as part of the forum.

Work trip of Russian President Vladimir Putin to St. Petersburg. Second Russia-Africa summit and economic and humanitarian forum at the ExpoForum Convention and Exhibition Center (CEC). Russian President Vladimir Putin during a working breakfast with leaders of African regional organizations as part of the forum.

Work trip of Russian President Vladimir Putin to St. Petersburg. Second Russia-Africa summit and economic and humanitarian forum at the ExpoForum Convention and Exhibition Center (CEC). Anna Popova, head of the Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Welfare, Chief State Sanitary Doctor of Russia, during a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and President of the Republic of Burundi Evariste Ndayishimiye at the forum.

Work trip of Russian President Vladimir Putin to St. Petersburg. Second Russia-Africa summit and economic and humanitarian forum at the ExpoForum Convention and Exhibition Center (CEC). Minister of Science and Higher Education of Russia Valery Falkov (second from right) during the signing of an agreement on cooperation within the framework of the forum.

Work trip of Russian President Vladimir Putin to St. Petersburg. Second Russia-Africa summit and economic and humanitarian forum at the ExpoForum Convention and Exhibition Center (CEC). Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexei Overchuk (left) during a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and President of the Republic of Burundi Evariste Ndayishimiye at the forum.

Work trip of Russian President Vladimir Putin to St. Petersburg. Second Russia-Africa summit and economic and humanitarian forum at the ExpoForum Convention and Exhibition Center (CEC). Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (left) during a meeting with President of the Republic of Burundi Evariste Ndayishimiye at the forum.

Work trip of Russian President Vladimir Putin to St. Petersburg. Second Russia-Africa summit and economic and humanitarian forum at the ExpoForum Convention and Exhibition Center (CEC). Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia, Special Representative of the President of Russia for the Middle East Mikhail Bogdanov (left) and Russian Ambassador to the Republic of Burundi Valery Mikhailov (right) before the meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and President of the Republic of Burundi Evariste Ndayishimiye at the forum.

Work trip of Russian President Vladimir Putin to St. Petersburg. Second Russia-Africa summit and economic and humanitarian forum at the ExpoForum Convention and Exhibition Center (CEC). Russian Minister of Economic Development Maxim Reshetnikov (second from left) and General Director of Rosatom state corporation Alexei Likhachev (second from right) before Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with President of the Republic of Burundi Evariste Ndayishimiye at the forum.

Work trip of Russian President Vladimir Putin to St. Petersburg. Second Russia-Africa summit and economic and humanitarian forum at the ExpoForum Convention and Exhibition Center (CEC). Deputy Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration of Russia, Press Secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov (left) and Minister of Economic Development of Russia Maxim Reshetnikov (right) before the meeting of Russian President Vladimir Putin with President of the Republic of Burundi Evariste Ndayishimiye at the forum.

Work trip of Russian President Vladimir Putin to St. Petersburg. Second Russia-Africa summit and economic and humanitarian forum at the ExpoForum Convention and Exhibition Center (CEC). From left to right: Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexei Overchuk, Russian Minister of Economic Development Maxim Reshetnikov and Head of the Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Welfare - Russia's Chief State Sanitary Doctor Anna Popova before a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and President of the Republic of Burundi Evarist Ndayishimiye within the framework of the forum.

Work trip of Russian President Vladimir Putin to St. Petersburg. Second Russia-Africa summit and economic and humanitarian forum at the ExpoForum Convention and Exhibition Center (CEC). Representatives of the Republic of Burundi before the meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and President of the Republic of Burundi Evariste Ndayishimiye at the forum.

Second Russia-Africa summit and economic and humanitarian forum at the ExpoForum Convention and Exhibition Center (CEC). Genre photography. Member of the forum in the lobby of the center.

Work trip of Russian President Vladimir Putin to St. Petersburg. Second Russia-Africa summit and economic and humanitarian forum at the ExpoForum Convention and Exhibition Center (CEC). Russian Presidential Aide Yury Ushakov (left) and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (right) before the meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and President of the Republic of Burundi Evariste Ndayishimiye at the forum.

Work trip of Russian President Vladimir Putin to St. Petersburg. Second Russia-Africa summit and economic and humanitarian forum at the ExpoForum Convention and Exhibition Center (CEC). Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) and President of the Republic of Burundi Evariste Ndayishimiye (left) before a meeting at the forum.

Work trip of Russian President Vladimir Putin to St. Petersburg. Second Russia-Africa summit and economic and humanitarian forum at the ExpoForum Convention and Exhibition Center (CEC). Chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR) Leonid Slutsky (center) and Deputy Chairman of the Russian State Duma Anna Kuznetsova (left) before the plenary session of the forum.

Work trip of Russian President Vladimir Putin to St. Petersburg. Second Russia-Africa summit and economic and humanitarian forum at the ExpoForum Convention and Exhibition Center (CEC). Participants of the plenary session of the forum.

Work trip of Russian President Vladimir Putin to St. Petersburg. Second Russia-Africa summit and economic and humanitarian forum at the ExpoForum Convention and Exhibition Center (CEC). Director of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (MTC) Dmitry Shugaev (center) during the plenary session of the forum.

Work trip of Russian President Vladimir Putin to St. Petersburg. Second Russia-Africa summit and economic and humanitarian forum at the ExpoForum Convention and Exhibition Center (CEC). Chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR) Leonid Slutsky (left) and Deputy Chairman of the Russian State Duma Anna Kuznetsova (right) during the plenary session of the forum.

Work trip of Russian President Vladimir Putin to St. Petersburg. Second Russia-Africa summit and economic and humanitarian forum at the ExpoForum Convention and Exhibition Center (CEC). Participants of the plenary session of the forum.

Work trip of Russian President Vladimir Putin to St. Petersburg. Second Russia-Africa summit and economic and humanitarian forum at the ExpoForum Convention and Exhibition Center (CEC). Participants of the plenary session of the forum.

Work trip of Russian President Vladimir Putin to St. Petersburg. Second Russia-Africa summit and economic and humanitarian forum at the ExpoForum Convention and Exhibition Center (CEC). Russian President Vladimir Putin during a meeting with President of the Republic of Burundi Evariste Ndayishimiye as part of the forum.

Work trip of Russian President Vladimir Putin to St. Petersburg. Second Russia-Africa summit and economic and humanitarian forum at the ExpoForum Convention and Exhibition Center (CEC). Governor of the Irkutsk Region Igor Kobzev during the plenary session of the forum.

Work trip of Russian President Vladimir Putin to St. Petersburg. Second Russia-Africa summit and economic and humanitarian forum at the ExpoForum Convention and Exhibition Center (CEC). Participants of the plenary session of the forum.

Work trip of Russian President Vladimir Putin to St. Petersburg. Second Russia-Africa summit and economic and humanitarian forum at the ExpoForum Convention and Exhibition Center (CEC). Deputy Chairman of the State Duma of Russia Anna Kuznetsova before the plenary session of the forum.

Work trip of Russian President Vladimir Putin to St. Petersburg. Second Russia-Africa summit and economic and humanitarian forum at the ExpoForum Convention and Exhibition Center (CEC). From left to right: Director of the Institute for African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences Irina Abramova, President, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) Benedict Okay Orama, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chairman of the African Union, President of the Union of the Comoros Azali Assoumani during the plenary session of the forum.

Work trip of Russian President Vladimir Putin to St. Petersburg. Second Russia-Africa summit and economic and humanitarian forum at the ExpoForum Convention and Exhibition Center (CEC). Deputy Chairman of the State Duma of Russia Anna Kuznetsova before the plenary session of the forum.

Work trip of Russian President Vladimir Putin to St. Petersburg. Second Russia-Africa summit and economic and humanitarian forum at the ExpoForum Convention and Exhibition Center (CEC). Andrey Kostin, President and Chairman of the Management Board of VTB Bank (left) and Igor Sechin, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Management Board of Rosneft Oil Company, PJSC (center) before the plenary session of the forum.

Work trip of Russian President Vladimir Putin to St. Petersburg. Second Russia-Africa summit and economic and humanitarian forum at the ExpoForum Convention and Exhibition Center (CEC). Russian President Vladimir Putin during the plenary session of the forum.

Work trip of Russian President Vladimir Putin to St. Petersburg. Second Russia-Africa summit and economic and humanitarian forum at the ExpoForum Convention and Exhibition Center (CEC). President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI) of Russia Sergei Katyrin (center) during the plenary session of the forum.

Work trip of Russian President Vladimir Putin to St. Petersburg. Second Russia-Africa summit and economic and humanitarian forum at the ExpoForum Convention and Exhibition Center (CEC). Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) and director of the Institute for African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences Irina Abramova (right) during the plenary session of the forum.

Work trip of Russian President Vladimir Putin to St. Petersburg. Second Russia-Africa summit and economic and humanitarian forum at the ExpoForum Convention and Exhibition Center (CEC). From left to right: Russian President Vladimir Putin, President and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) Benedict Okey Orama and Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus' during the plenary session of the forum.

Work trip of Russian President Vladimir Putin to St. Petersburg. Second Russia-Africa summit and economic and humanitarian forum at the ExpoForum Convention and Exhibition Center (CEC). Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) and President, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) Benedict Okey Orama (right) during the plenary session of the forum.

Work trip of Russian President Vladimir Putin to St. Petersburg. Second Russia-Africa summit and economic and humanitarian forum at the ExpoForum Convention and Exhibition Center (CEC). Participants of the plenary session of the forum.

Work trip of Russian President Vladimir Putin to St. Petersburg. Second Russia-Africa summit and economic and humanitarian forum at the ExpoForum Convention and Exhibition Center (CEC). Participant of the plenary session of the forum.

Work trip of Russian President Vladimir Putin to St. Petersburg. Second Russia-Africa summit and economic and humanitarian forum at the ExpoForum Convention and Exhibition Center (CEC). Patriarch Kiripll of Moscow and All Rus' (on screen) during the plenary session of the forum.

Work trip of Russian President Vladimir Putin to St. Petersburg. Second Russia-Africa summit and economic and humanitarian forum at the ExpoForum Convention and Exhibition Center (CEC). Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) and Chairman of the African Union, President of the Union of the Comoros Azali Assoumani (left) during the plenary session of the forum.

Work trip of Russian President Vladimir Putin to St. Petersburg. Second Russia-Africa summit and economic and humanitarian forum at the ExpoForum Convention and Exhibition Center (CEC). Forum participants take photos of military weapons on a mobile phone at the forum exhibition.

Work trip of Russian President Vladimir Putin to St. Petersburg. Second Russia-Africa summit and economic and humanitarian forum at the ExpoForum Convention and Exhibition Center (CEC). Participants of the plenary session of the forum.

Worktrip of Russian President Vladimir Putin to St. Petersburg. Second Russia-Africa summit and economic and humanitarian forum at the ExpoForum Convention and Exhibition Center (CEC). Participants of the plenary session of the forum.

Work trip of Russian President Vladimir Putin to St. Petersburg. Second Russia-Africa summit and economic and humanitarian forum at the ExpoForum Convention and Exhibition Center (CEC). Participants of the plenary session of the forum.

Work trip of Russian President Vladimir Putin to St. Petersburg. Second Russia-Africa summit and economic and humanitarian forum at the ExpoForum Convention and Exhibition Center (CEC). Participants of the plenary session of the forum.

Work trip of Russian President Vladimir Putin to St. Petersburg. Second Russia-Africa summit and economic and humanitarian forum at the ExpoForum Convention and Exhibition Center (CEC). Participants of the plenary session of the forum.

Work trip of Russian President Vladimir Putin to St. Petersburg. Second Russia-Africa summit and economic and humanitarian forum at the ExpoForum Convention and Exhibition Center (CEC). Participants of the plenary session of the forum.

Work trip of Russian President Vladimir Putin to St. Petersburg. Second Russia-Africa summit and economic and humanitarian forum at the ExpoForum Convention and Exhibition Center (CEC). Participants of the plenary session of the forum.

Work trip of Russian President Vladimir Putin to St. Petersburg. Second Russia-Africa summit and economic and humanitarian forum at the ExpoForum Convention and Exhibition Center (CEC). Participants of the plenary session of the forum.

Work trip of Russian President Vladimir Putin to St. Petersburg. Second Russia-Africa summit and economic and humanitarian forum at the ExpoForum Convention and Exhibition Center (CEC). A forum participant photographs military weapons on a mobile phone at the forum exhibition.

Work trip of Russian President Vladimir Putin to St. Petersburg. Second Russia-Africa summit and economic and humanitarian forum at the ExpoForum Convention and Exhibition Center (CEC). Member of the plenary session of the forum.

Work trip of Russian President Vladimir Putin to St. Petersburg. Second Russia-Africa summit and economic and humanitarian forum at the ExpoForum Convention and Exhibition Center (CEC). President of the New Development Bank Dilma Rousseff during the plenary session of the forum.

Work trip of Russian President Vladimir Putin to St. Petersburg. Second Russia-Africa summit and economic and humanitarian forum at the ExpoForum Convention and Exhibition Center (CEC). Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) and director of the Institute for African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences Irina Abramova (right) during the plenary session of the forum.

Work trip of Russian President Vladimir Putin to St. Petersburg. Second Russia-Africa summit and economic and humanitarian forum at the ExpoForum Convention and Exhibition Center (CEC). Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) and President, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) Benedict Okey Orama (right) during the plenary session of the forum.

Work trip of Russian President Vladimir Putin to St. Petersburg. Second Russia-Africa summit and economic and humanitarian forum at the ExpoForum Convention and Exhibition Center (CEC). Russian President Vladimir Putin during the plenary session of the forum.

Work trip of Russian President Vladimir Putin to St. Petersburg. Second Russia-Africa summit and economic and humanitarian forum at the ExpoForum Convention and Exhibition Center (CEC). Participants of the plenary session of the forum.

Work trip of Russian President Vladimir Putin to St. Petersburg. Second Russia-Africa summit and economic and humanitarian forum at the ExpoForum Convention and Exhibition Center (CEC). Participants of the plenary session of the forum.

Working trip of Russian President Vladimir Putin to St. Petersburg. Second Russia-Africa summit and economic and humanitarian forum at the ExpoForum Convention and Exhibition Center (CEC). President of the New Development Bank Dilma Rousseff during the plenary session of the forum.