Russia's Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov (left) and President Vladimir Putin (right) take part in the State Council (Gossovet) meeting in the Alexander Hall of the Great Kremlin Palace.
Russia's Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov (left) and President Vladimir Putin (right) yawn during the State Council (Gossovet) meeting in the Alexander Hall of the Great Kremlin Palace.
The State Council (Gossovet) of Russia holds a meeting in the Alexander Hall of the Great Kremlin Palace.
Russia's Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov (left) and President Vladimir Putin (right) take part in the State Council (Gossovet) meeting in the Alexander Hall of the Great Kremlin Palace.
Russia's Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov (left) and President Vladimir Putin (right) take part in the State Council (Gossovet) meeting in the Alexander Hall of the Great Kremlin Palace.
Russia's Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov (left) and President Vladimir Putin (right) take part in the State Council (Gossovet) meeting in the Alexander Hall of the Great Kremlin Palace.
Russia's Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov (left) and President Vladimir Putin (right) take part in the State Council (Gossovet) meeting in the Alexander Hall of the Great Kremlin Palace.
Russia's Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov (left) and President Vladimir Putin (right) take part in the State Council (Gossovet) meeting in the Alexander Hall of the Great Kremlin Palace.
Russia's Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov (left) and President Vladimir Putin (right) take part in the State Council (Gossovet) meeting in the Alexander Hall of the Great Kremlin Palace.
Russia's President Vladimir Putin (right) confers with Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov (left) at the meeting of the State Council (Gossovet) in the Alexander Hall of the Great Kremlin Palace.
Russia's President Vladimir Putin (right) confers with Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov (left) at the meeting of the State Council (Gossovet) in the Alexander Hall of the Great Kremlin Palace.
Russia's President Vladimir Putin (right) confers with Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov (left) at the meeting of the State Council (Gossovet) in the Alexander Hall of the Great Kremlin Palace.
Russia's President Vladimir Putin (right) confers with Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov (left) at the meeting of the State Council (Gossovet) in the Alexander Hall of the Great Kremlin Palace.
Russia's President Vladimir Putin (right) confers with Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov (left) at the meeting of the State Council (Gossovet) in the Alexander Hall of the Great Kremlin Palace.
Russia's President Vladimir Putin (right) confers with Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov (left) at the meeting of the State Council (Gossovet) in the Alexander Hall of the Great Kremlin Palace.
Russia's President Vladimir Putin (right) confers with Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov (left) at the meeting of the State Council (Gossovet) in the Alexander Hall of the Great Kremlin Palace.
Russia's President Vladimir Putin (right) and Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov (left) preside over the meeting of the State Council (Gossovet) in the Alexander Hall of the Great Kremlin Palace.
Russia's President Vladimir Putin (right) and Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov (left) close the meeting of the State Council (Gossovet) in the Alexander Hall of the Great Kremlin Palace.
Russia's President Vladimir Putin (right) and Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov (left) close the meeting of the State Council (Gossovet) in the Alexander Hall of the Great Kremlin Palace.
Novgorod Oblast Governor Mikhail Prusak attends the meeting of the State Council (Gossovet) in the Alexander Hall of the Great Kremlin Palace.
Novgorod Oblast Governor Mikhail Prusak attends the meeting of the State Council (Gossovet) in the Alexander Hall of the Great Kremlin Palace.
Novgorod Oblast Governor Mikhail Prusak attends the meeting of the State Council (Gossovet) in the Alexander Hall of the Great Kremlin Palace.
Republic of Khakassia (a constituent republic of the Russian Federation) Governor Alexey Lebed attends the meeting of the State Council (Gossovet) in the Alexander Hall of the Great Kremlin Palace.
Moscow Mayor Yury Luzhkov blows his nose during the meeting of the State Council (Gossovet) in the Alexander Hall of the Great Kremlin Palace.
Orel Oblast Governor Yegor Stroyev attends the meeting of the State Council (Gossovet) in the Alexander Hall of the Great Kremlin Palace.
Krasnoyarsk Oblast Governor Alexander Lebed attends the meeting of the State Council (Gossovet) in the Alexander Hall of the Great Kremlin Palace.
Russia's Deputy Prime Minister, Finance Minister Alexey Kudrin addresses the participants of the State Council (Gossovet) meeting in the Alexander Hall of the Great Kremlin Palace.
Russia's Deputy Prime Minister, Finance Minister Alexey Kudrin addresses the participants of the State Council (Gossovet) meeting in the Alexander Hall of the Great Kremlin Palace.
Krasnoyarsk Kray Governor Alexander Lebed (left), Krasnodar Kray Governor Alexander Tkachev (centre), Tchuvash Republic (a constituent rebulic of the Russian Federation) President Nikolay Fedorov (right) attend the meeting of the State Council (Gossovet) in the Alexander Hall of the Great Kremlin Palace.
Taymyr (Dolgan-Nenets) Autonomous District Governor Alexander Khloponin attends the meeting of the State Council (Gossovet) in the Alexander Hall of the Great Kremlin Palace.
Krasnoyarsk Kray Governor Alexander Lebed (left), Leningrad Oblast Valery Serdyukov (centre), and Russia's Deputy Prime Minister Alexey Kudrin (right) are interviewed after the closure of the State Council (Gossovet) meeting in the Alexander Hall of the Great Kremlin Palace.
The State Council of Russia (Gossovet) members hold a meeting in the Alexander Hall of the Great Kremlin Palace.
Sverdlovsk Oblast Governor Eduard Rossel attends the meeting of the State Council of Russia (Gossovet) in the Alexander Hall of the Great Kremlin Palace.
Primporsky Kray Governor Sergey Darkin attends the meeting of the State Council of Russia (Gossovet) in the Alexander Hall of the Great Kremlin Palace.
Primporsky Kray Governor Sergey Darkin attends the meeting of the State Council of Russia (Gossovet) in the Alexander Hall of the Great Kremlin Palace.
Moscow Mayor addresses the participants of the meeting of the State Council of Russia (Gossovet) in the Alexander Hall of the Great Kremlin Palace.
Tyumen Oblast Governor Sergey Sobolyanin attends the meeting of the State Council of Russia (Gossovet) in the Alexander Hall of the Great Kremlin Palace.
Arkhangelsk Oblast Governor Anatoly Yefremov (left) attends the meeting of the State Council of Russia (Gossovet) in the Alexander Hall of the Great Kremlin Palace.
Tatarstan Republic Presidetn Mintimer Shaymiyev (left) smells a new leather paper-folder of Sakha-Yakut Republic President Mikhail Nikolayev (right) during the meeting of teh State Council of Russia (Gossovet) in the Alexander Hall of the Great Kremlin Palace.
Primorsky Kray Governor Sergey Darkin (left), Krasnoyarsk Kray Governor Alexander Lebed (centre), and Krasnodar Kray Governor Alexander Tkachev (lefT) take part in the State Council of Russia (Gossovet) meeting in the Alexander Hall of the Great Kremlin Palace.
Moscow Mayor Yury Luzhkov attends the State Council of Russia (Gossovet) meeting in the Alexander Hall of the Great Kremlin Palace.
Tatarstan republic President Mintimer Shaymiyev (left) and Sakha Yakut Republic President Mikhail Nikolayev (right) take part in the State Council of Russia (Gossovet) meeting in the Alexander Hall of the Great Kremlin Palace.
Primorsky Kray Governor Sergey Darkin takes part in the State Council of Russia (Gossovet) meeting in the Alexander Hall of the Great Kremlin Palace.
Presidential Deputy for the Central Federal District Georgy Poltavchenko (left), Anti-Monopoly Policies Minister Ilya Yuzhanov (centre), Trade and Economic Development Minsiter German Gref (right) take part in the State Council of Russia (Gossovet) meeting in the Alexander Hall of the Great Kremlin Palace.
Chechen Republic Interim Administrator Akhmad Kadyrov (left) and Khakassia Republic President Alexey Lebed (right) take part in the State Council of Russia (Gossovet) meeting in the Alexander Hall of the Great Kremlin Palace.
Chechen Republic Interim Administrator Akhmad Kadyrov (left) and Khakassia Republic President Alexey Lebed (right) take part in the State Council of Russia (Gossovet) meeting in the Alexander Hall of the Great Kremlin Palace.
Chechen Republic Interim Administrator Akhmad Kadyrov (left) and Khakassia Republic President Alexey Lebed (right) take part in the State Council of Russia (Gossovet) meeting in the Alexander Hall of the Great Kremlin Palace.
The State Council of Russia (Gossovet) meeting is held in the Alexander Hall of the Great Kremlin Palace.
Stavropol Kray Governor Alexander Chernogorov (right) attends the State Council of Russia (Gossovet) meeting in the Alexander Hall of the Great Kremlin Palace.
Stavropol Kray Governor Alexander Chernogorov (right) attends the State Council of Russia (Gossovet) meeting in the Alexander Hall of the Great Kremlin Palace.
Krasnoyarsk Kray Governor Alexander Lebed attends the State Council of Russia (Gossovet) meeting in the Alexander Hall of the Great Kremlin Palace.
Russia's Deputy Prime Minister, Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin (left) and Orel Oblast Governor Yegor Stroyev (right) talk in the lobby of the State Council of Russia (Gossovet) meeting held in the Alexander Hall of the Great Kremlin Palace.
Russia's Deputy Prime Minister, Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin (left) and Orel Oblast Governor Yegor Stroyev (right) talk in the lobby of the State Council of Russia (Gossovet) meeting held in the Alexander Hall of the Great Kremlin Palace.
Russia's Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov (left) and President Vladimir Putin (right) preside over the Gossovet (State Council) meeting in the Alexander Hall of the Great Kremlin Palace.
Russia's Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov (left) and President Vladimir Putin (right) preside over the Gossovet (State Council) meeting in the Alexander Hall of the Great Kremlin Palace.
Russia's Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov (left) and President Vladimir Putin (right) preside over the Gossovet (State Council) meeting in the Alexander Hall of the Great Kremlin Palace.
Russia's Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov (left) and President Vladimir Putin (right) preside over the Gossovet (State Council) meeting in the Alexander Hall of the Great Kremlin Palace.
Russian Deputy Prime Minister, Finance Minister Alexey Kudrin attends the Gossovet (State Cuncil) meeting in the Alexander Hall of the Great Kremlin Palace.
Orel Oblast Governor Yegor Stroyev (centre) attends the State Council (Gossovet) meeting held in the Alexander Hall of the Great Kremlin Palace.
Meeting of the Russian State Council (Gossovet) - supreme consultancy body comprising prominent governors, legislators and federal officials. The event took place in the Alexander Hall of the Great Kremlin Palace.
Meeting of the Russian State Council (Gossovet) - supreme consultancy body comprising prominent governors, legislators and federal officials. The event took place in the Alexander Hall of the Great Kremlin Palace.
Meeting of the Russian State Council (Gossovet) - supreme consultancy body comprising prominent governors, legislators and federal officials. The event took place in the Alexander Hall of the Great Kremlin Palace.
Meeting of the Russian State Council (Gossovet) - supreme consultancy body comprising prominent governors, legislators and federal officials. The event took place in the Alexander Hall of the Great Kremlin Palace.
Meeting of the Russian State Council (Gossovet) - supreme consultancy body comprising prominent governors, legislators and federal officials. The event took place in the Alexander Hall of the Great Kremlin Palace.
Meeting of the Russian State Council (Gossovet) - supreme consultancy body comprising prominent governors, legislators and federal officials. The event took place in the Alexander Hall of the Great Kremlin Palace.
Russian national coat-of-arms (double-headed eagle) depicted on the ceiling of the Alexander Hall of the Great Kremlin Palace.
Governor of the Khakassiya Republic (a constituent republic of Russia) Alexey Lebed takes part in a meeting of the State Council (Gossovet) in the Alexander Hall of the Great Kremlin Palace.
Krasnodar Kray Governor Alexander Tkachev (sitting left), president of Chuvashia Republic Nikolay Fedorov (sitting right), and Khalassia Republic Governor Alexey Lebed (standing behind Mr Fedorov) take part in a meeting of the State Council (Gossovet) in the Alexander Hall of the Great Kremlin Palace.
Khakasia republic governor Alexei Lebed attends the Gossovet (State Council) meeting that was held at the Alexandrovsky hall of the Kremlin palace.