From left to right: member of the Russian State Duma Committee on Rules and the organization of the State Duma Nikolai Bulaev, president of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) Vladimir Fortov during a meeting of the Council for Science and Education.

From left to right: board chairman of the Russian Humanitarian Foundation Vladimir Fridlyandov, board chairman of the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, academician Vladislav Panchenko, president of the Russian Academy of Agricultural Sciences Gennady Romanenko and president of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences Ivan Dedov during a meeting of the Council for Science and Education.

Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) Yevgeny Primakov (left) and chairman of the Russian Humanitarian Foundation Vladimir Friedland (right) during a meeting of the Council for Science and Education.

President of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) Vladimir Fortov (left) and head of the Russian presidential administration Sergei Ivanov (right) during a meeting of the Council for Science and Education.

president of the National Research Center "Kurchatov Institute", academician Yevgeny Velikhov (left) and director, national Research Center "Kurchatov Institute", corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) Mikhail Kovalchuk during a meeting of the Council for Science and Education.

From left to right: Russian presidential aide Andrei Fursenko, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Vice-president of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), rector of Moscow State Lomonosov University Victor Sadovnichii and president of the National Research Center "Kurchatov Institute", academician Yevgeny Velikhov during a meeting of the Council for Science and Education.

Russian President Vladimir Putin (center) during a meeting of the Council for Science and Education.

Head of the Russian presidential administration Sergei Ivanov (left) and Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) during a meeting of the Council for Science and Education.

From left to right: Russian presidential aide Andrei Fursenko, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Vice-president of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), rector of Moscow State University named after Lomonosov Viktor Sadovnichii during a meeting of the Council for Science and Education.

From left to right: president of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) Vladimir Fortov, head of the Russian presidential administration Sergei Ivanov, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Russian presidential aide Andrei Fursenko during a meeting of the Council for Science and Education.

Member of the Russian State Duma Committee on Rules and Organization of the State Duma Nikolai Bulaev (left) and president of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) Vladimir Fortov (right) during a meeting of the Council for Science and Education.

Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) and Russian presidential aide Andrei Fursenko (right) during a meeting of the Council for Science and Education.

From left to right: president of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) Vladimir Fortov, head of the Russian presidential administration Sergei Ivanov and Russian President Vladimir Putin during a meeting of the Council for Science and Education.