Leader of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia, Vice-Chairman of Russian State Duma Vladimir Zhirinovsky at the Duma plenary session.

Leader of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia, Vice-Chairman of Russian State Duma Vladimir Zhirinovsky at the Duma plenary session.

Leader of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia, Vice-Chairman of Russian State Duma Vladimir Zhirinovsky at the Duma plenary session.

Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov (right) at the plenary session of the Russian State Duma.

Deputy Chairman of the State Duma of Russia Svetlana Zhurova at the plenary session the State Duma.

Left to right: Head of the Central Bank of Russia Sergei Ignatiev (left) and the First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Igor Shuvalov (right) at the plenary session of the Russian State Duma.

Deputy Prime Minister, President of the Olympic Committee Alexander Zhukov at the plenary session of the Russian State Duma.

Deputy Prime Minister of Russia, President of Olympic Committee of Russia Alexander Zhukov (left) and a member of the State Duma Youth Committee Svetlana Khorkina (right) at the plenary session of the Russian State Duma.

Left to right: Head of the Central Bank of Russia Sergei Ignatiev (left) and the First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Igor Shuvalov (right) at the plenary session of the Russian State Duma.

Left to right: Head of the Central Bank of Russia Sergei Ignatiev (left) and the First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Igor Shuvalov (right) at the plenary session of the Russian State Duma.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov(left) and Minister of Defence Anatoly Serdyukov at the Plenary meeting of the State Duma of Russia.

Left to right: head of the Central Bank of Russia Sergei Ignatiev, First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Igor Shuvalov and Deputy Prime Minister, President of the Olympic Committee Alexander Zhukov at the plenary session of the Russian State Duma.

Left to right: Russian Agriculture Minister Elena Skrynnik, member of the State Duma Youth Committee Svetlana Khorkina, Russia's Economic Development Minister Elvira Nabiullina and Minister of Education and Science of Russia Andrei Fursenko at the plenary session of the State Duma.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at the Plenary meeting of the State Duma of Russia.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (right) at the Plenary meeting of the State Duma of Russia.

Left to right: first Deputy Chairman of Russian State Duma Oleg Morozov, head of the Central Bank of Russia Sergei Ignatiev and the First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Igor Shuvalov at the plenary session of the Russian State Duma.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at the Plenary meeting of the State Duma of Russia.

Left to right: Russian Defence Minister Anatoly Serdyukov, a member of the Russian State Duma Youth Committee Svetlana Khorkina, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at the Plenary meeting of the State Duma of Russia.

Chairman of the State Duma Defence Committee Victor Zavarzin at the Plenary meeting of the State Duma of Russia.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at the Plenary meeting of the State Duma of Russia.

Plenipotentiary Representative of the Russian President in the State Duma of Russia Garry Minh (left) and Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Svetlana Zhurova (right) at a meeting of the State Duma.

Deputy Prime Minister of Russia, President of the Olympic Committee of Russia Alexander Zhukov (left) and first deputy chairman of Russian State Duma Committee on Veterans Affairs Franz Klintsevich (right) at the plenary session of the State Duma of Russia.

Deputy Prime Minister of Russia, President of the Olympic Committee of Russia Alexander Zhukov (left) and first deputy chairman of Russian State Duma Committee on Veterans Affairs Franz Klintsevich (right) at the plenary session of the State Duma of Russia.

Deputy Prime Minister of Russia, President of the Olympic Committee of Russia Alexander Zhukov (left) and member of the Russian State Duma committee on energy Valery Darganov (right) at the plenary session of the State Duma of Russia.

Deputy Prime Minister of Russia, President of the Olympic Committee of Russia Alexander Zhukov (left) and Plenipotentiary Representative of the Russian President in the State Duma of Russia Andrey Loginov (right) at the plenary session of the State Duma of Russia.

Deputy Prime Minister of Russia, President of the Olympic Committee of Russia Alexander Zhukov (left) and member of the Russian State Duma Security Committee Otari Arshba (right) at the plenary session of the State Duma of Russia.

Member of the Duma Committee of Russia on Budget and Taxes Gennady Kulik (left) and a member of the State Duma Committee on Youth Svetlana Khorkina (right) at the plenary session of the Russian State Duma.

Chairman of the Audit Committee of the State Duma of Russia Farida Gainullina (left) and a member of the State Duma Committee on Budget and Taxes Gennady Kulik (right) at the plenary session of the State Duma of Russia.

The head of the Communist Party of Russia, member of the State Duma of Russia Committee on Science and High Technology Gennady Zyuganov at a meeting of the State Duma.

Committee member of the Russian State Duma Budget and Tax Vladimir Pekhtin (left) at a meeting of the State Duma.

Chairman of the Duma Committee on affairs of public associations and religious organizations Sergei Popov (left) and a member of the State Duma Committee on Science and High Technology Nikolay Bulaev (right) at a meeting of the State Duma.

Left to right: Member of the Duma Committee for Youth Jury Afonin, deputy chairman of the State Duma Committee on Natural Resources, Environment and Ecology Vladimir Kashin, head of the Communist Party of Russia, member of the State Duma committee on Science and High Technology Gennady Zyuganov and member of the State Duma Committee on Labor and Social Policy Alevtina Aparina at a meeting of the State Duma.

First Deputy Chairman of Duma Committee of Russia for Science and High Technology Andrei Kokoshin, chairman of the Duma Defense Committee Viktor Zavarzin, chairman of the State Duma Committee on Energy Yuri Lipatov and chairman of the State Duma committee on international affairs Konstantin Kosachev at a meeting of the State Duma.

Deputy talks over the cell phone during a meeting of the State Duma of Russia.