Portraits of chairmen of the Russian Empire's State Council and the Russian Fedetation Council in the hall of Federation Council building.

Left to right, members of Federation Council (SF): Nikolay Ryzhkov (from Belgorodskaya oblast), Nikolay Tonkov and Victor Glukhih (Yaroslavskaya oblast) attend a SF meeting.

Member of Federation Council (SF) from Tyva Republic Lyudmila Narusova attends a SF meeting.

Vice Speaker of Federation Council (SF) Dmitry Mezentsev, left, and Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov, right, attend a SF meeting.

Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov, center, attends a Federation Council meeting.

Member of Federation Council (SF) from Khabarovsky Kray Victor Ozerov, 2nd left, SF Vice Speaker Dmitry Mezentsev, 3rd left, and Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov, 2nd right, attend a SF meeting.

Member of Federation Council (SF) from Penzenskaya oblast Andrey Vavilov attends a SF meeting.

Chairman of the Federation Council of Russia Sergey Mironov (R) and his deputy Alexander Torshin (L) during the plenary session of the Federation Council.

Chairman of the Federation Council of Russia Sergey Mironov (R) and his deputy Alexander Torshin (L) during the plenary session of the Federation Council.

Chairman of the Federation Council of Russia Sergey Mironov (R) and his deputy Alexander Torshin (L) during the plenary session of the Federation Council.

Chairman of the Federation Council of Russia Sergey Mironov (R) and two of his deputies Dmitry Mezentsev (L) and Alexander Torshin (C) during the plenary session of the Federation Council.

Chairman of the Federation Council of Russia Sergey Mironov (R) and his deputy Alexander Torshin (L) during the plenary session of the Federation Council.

Chairman of the Federation Council of Russia Sergey Mironov (R) and two of his deputies Dmitry Mezentsev (L) and Alexander Torshin (C) during the plenary session of the Federation Council.

Chairman of the Federation Council of Russia Sergey Mironov (R) and his deputy Alexander Torshin (L) during the plenary session of the Federation Council.

Chairman of the Federation Council of Russia Sergey Mironov (R) and his deputy Alexander Torshin (L) during the plenary session of the Federation Council.

Representative of Kaliningradskaya oblast in Moscow Vladimir Shumeyko attends a session of Federation Council.

Member of Federation Council (SF) from Kaluzhskaya oblast Valery Sudarenkov attends a SF meeting.

Presidium's table in the Federation Council of Russia.