Chairman of the Russian Supreme Court Vyacheslav Lebedev, left, and Chairman of the Russian Government Vladimir Putin, right, during the annual message of the President of Russia B.N.Eltsina to the Federal Assembly.

Russia's Supreme Court Chairman Vyacheslav Lebedev (left) and the-then Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (right) have a talk before the annual Presidential Address to the Federal Convention to be delivered by the-then President Boris Yeltsin in the Kremlin.

Russia's Supreme Court Chairman Vyacheslav Lebedev (left) and the-then Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (right) have a talk before the annual Presidential Address to the Federal Convention to be delivered by the-then President Boris Yeltsin in the Kremlin.

Russia's Supreme Court Chairman Vyacheslav Lebedev (left) and the-then Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (right) have a talk before the annual Presidential Address to the Federal Convention to be delivered by the-then President Boris Yeltsin in the Kremlin.

LDPR party leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky readis for the annual Pesidential Address to the Federal Convention of Russia to be delivered by the-then President Boris Yeltsin in the Kremlin.

The president of Russia Boris Yeltsin during performance with the message to Federal Council.