Russian President Vladimir Putin's working visit to St. Petersburg. Meeting of the Council of Legislators of the Federal Assembly of Russia at the Tauride Palace. Russian President Vladimir Putin delivering a speech at the meeting.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's working visit to St. Petersburg. Meeting of the Council of Legislators of the Federal Assembly of Russia at the Tauride Palace. Russian President Vladimir Putin delivering a speech at the meeting.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's working visit to St. Petersburg. Meeting of the Council of Legislators of the Federal Assembly of Russia at the Tauride Palace. Russian President Vladimir Putin delivering a speech at the meeting.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's working visit to St. Petersburg. Meeting of the Council of Legislators of the Federal Assembly of Russia at the Tauride Palace. Russian President Vladimir Putin delivering a speech at the meeting.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's working visit to St. Petersburg. Meeting of the Council of Legislators of the Federal Assembly of Russia at the Tauride Palace. Deputy Chairpersons of the State Duma of Russia Anna Kuznetsova (left) and Vladislav Davankov (right) before the meeting.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's working visit to St. Petersburg. Meeting of the Council of Legislators of the Federal Assembly of Russia at the Tauride Palace. Chairman of the State Duma Committee on State Building and Legislation Pavel Krasheninnikov (center) and Chairman of the Legislative Assembly of the Zaporizhzhia Region Viktor Yemelyanenko (left) before the meeting.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's working visit to St. Petersburg. Meeting of the Council of Legislators of the Federal Assembly of Russia at the Tauride Palace. First Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council of Russia Vladimir Yakushev before the meeting.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's working visit to St. Petersburg. Meeting of the Council of Legislators of the Federal Assembly of Russia at the Tauride Palace. Deputy Chairpersons of the State Duma of Russia Anna Kuznetsova (left) and Vladislav Davankov (right) before the meeting.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's working visit to St. Petersburg. Meeting of the Council of Legislators of the Federal Assembly of Russia at the Tauride Palace. From left to right: Chairman of the State Duma Committee for the Development of the Far East and the Arctic Nikolai Kharitonov, Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova and Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov before the meeting.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's working visit to St. Petersburg. Meeting of the Council of Legislators of the Federal Assembly of Russia at the Tauride Palace. Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova (right) and Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Economic Policy Maxim Topilin (left) before the meeting.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's working visit to St. Petersburg. Meeting of the Council of Legislators of the Federal Assembly of Russia at the Tauride Palace. Chair of the State Duma Committee on Culture Olga Kazakova (left) before the meeting.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's working visit to St. Petersburg. Meeting of the Council of Legislators of the Federal Assembly of Russia at the Tauride Palace. From left to right: Deputy Speaker of the Federation Council Inna Svyatenko, Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Constitutional Legislation and State Building Andrei Klishas, ​​and representative of the Kemerovo Region executive body to the Federation Council Alexei Sinitsyn before the meeting.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's working visit to St. Petersburg. Meeting of the Council of Legislators of the Federal Assembly of Russia at the Tauride Palace. First Deputy Speakers of the Federation Council of Russia Andrei Yatskin (left) and Vladimir Yakushev (center) before the meeting.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's working visit to St. Petersburg. Meeting of the Council of Legislators of the Federal Assembly of Russia at the Tauride Palace. Deputy Speaker of the State Duma of Russia Victoria Abramchenko before the meeting.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's working visit to St. Petersburg. Meeting of the Council of Legislators of the Federal Assembly of Russia is held at the Tauride Palace. Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council of Russia Konstantin Kosachev (left) before the meeting.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's working visit to St. Petersburg. Meeting of the Council of Legislators of the Federal Assembly of Russia is held at the Tauride Palace. Chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR) and head of the LDPR faction in the State Duma Leonid Slutsky at the meeting.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's working visit to St. Petersburg. Meeting of the Council of Legislators of the Federal Assembly of Russia at the Tauride Palace. Chairman of the Legislative Assembly of the Kemerovo Region-Kuzbass (Kuzbass Parliament) Alexey Zelenin (second from right) and Chairman of the Smolensk Regional Duma Igor Lyakhov (right) during the meeting.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's working visit to St. Petersburg. Meeting of the Council of Legislators of the Federal Assembly of Russia is held at the Tauride Palace. Russian President Vladimir Putin delivering a speech at the meeting.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's working visit to St. Petersburg. Meeting of the Council of Legislators of the Federal Assembly of Russia is held at the Tauride Palace. Russian President Vladimir Putin at the meeting.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's working visit to St. Petersburg. Meeting of the Council of Legislators of the Federal Assembly of Russia at the Tauride Palace. Russian President Vladimir Putin at the meeting.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's working visit to St. Petersburg. Meeting of the Council of Legislators of the Federal Assembly of Russia is held at the Tauride Palace. Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office and Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov (center) before the meeting.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's working visit to St. Petersburg. Meeting of the Council of Legislators of the Federal Assembly of Russia is held at the Tauride Palace. Russian President Vladimir Putin delivering a speech at the meeting.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's working visit to St. Petersburg. A meeting of the Council of Legislators of the Federal Assembly of Russia at the Tauride Palace. Russian President Vladimir Putin at the meeting.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's working visit to St. Petersburg. Meeting of the Council of Legislators of the Federal Assembly of Russia at the Tauride Palace. First Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council of Russia Vladimir Yakushev (left), Governor of St. Petersburg Alexander Beglov (second from right), and Chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR) and head of the LDPR faction in the State Duma Leonid Slutsky (right) before the meeting.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's working visit to St. Petersburg. Meeting of the Council of Legislators of the Federal Assembly of Russia at the Tauride Palace. First Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council of Russia Vladimir Yakushev (left) and Chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR) and head of the LDPR faction in the State Duma Leonid Slutsky (right) before the meeting.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's working visit to St. Petersburg. Meeting of the Council of Legislators of the Federal Assembly of Russia at the Tauride Palace. Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova (right) and Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Economic Policy Maxim Topilin (left) before the meeting.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's working visit to St. Petersburg. Meeting of the Council of Legislators of the Federal Assembly of Russia at the Tauride Palace. First Deputy Speakers of the Federation Council Andrei Yatskin (right) and Deputy Speaker Inna Svyatenko (left) of the Federation Council before the meeting.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's working visit to St. Petersburg. A meeting of the Council of Legislators of the Federal Assembly of Russia at the Tauride Palace. Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova (left) and Finance Minister Anton Siluanov (right) before the meeting.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's working visit to St. Petersburg. Meeting of the Council of Legislators of the Federal Assembly of Russia at the Tauride Palace. Chairman of the State Duma Committee for the Development of the Far East and the Arctic Nikolai Kharitonov (left) and Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova (right) before the meeting.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's working visit to St. Petersburg. Meeting of the Council of Legislators of the Federal Assembly of Russia at the Tauride Palace. Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov before the meeting.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's working visit to St. Petersburg. Meeting of the Council of Legislators of the Federal Assembly of Russia at the Tauride Palace. Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov before the meeting.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's working visit to St. Petersburg. Meeting of the Council of Legislators of the Federal Assembly of Russia at the Tauride Palace. Leader of the New People party faction in the State Duma Alexey Nechayev (left) and leader of the United Russia faction in the State Duma Vladimir Vasilyev (right) before the meeting.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's working visit to St. Petersburg. Meeting of the Council of Legislators of the Federal Assembly of Russia at the Tauride Palace. Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council of Russia Konstantin Kosachev before the meeting.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's working visit to St. Petersburg. Meeting of the Council of Legislators of the Federal Assembly of Russia at the Tauride Palace. Chairman of the A Just Russia – For Truth party and leader of the A Just Russia – For Truth faction in the State Duma Sergei Mironov before the meeting.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's working visit to St. Petersburg. Meeting of the Council of Legislators of the Federal Assembly of Russia at the Tauride Palace. Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko (center) before the meeting.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's working visit to St. Petersburg. Meeting of the Council of Legislators of the Federal Assembly of Russia at the Tauride Palace. Chair of the State Duma Committee on Family Protection, Fatherhood, Motherhood, and Childhood Nina Ostanina (second from right) and auditor of the Accounts Chamber of Russia Natalya Trunova (right) after the meeting.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's working visit to St. Petersburg. Meeting of the Council of Legislators of the Federal Assembly of Russia at the Tauride Palace. Deputy Chairman of the State Duma of Russia Vladislav Davankov before the meeting.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's working visit to St. Petersburg. Meeting of the Council of Legislators of the Federal Assembly of Russia at the Tauride Palace. Russian President Vladimir Putin delivering a speech at the meeting.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's working visit to St. Petersburg. Meeting of the Council of Legislators of the Federal Assembly of Russia at the Tauride Palace. Russian President Vladimir Putin delivering a speech at the meeting.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's working visit to St. Petersburg. Meeting of the Council of Legislators of the Federal Assembly of Russia at the Tauride Palace. Leader of the New People party faction in the State Duma Alexey Nechayev (left) and leader of the United Russia faction in the State Duma Vladimir Vasilyev (right) before the meeting.