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Chairman of the regional policy and North and the Far East problems committee of the Russian state Duma Nikolay Kharitonov (left) and member of the international affairs committee of the Russian State Duma Aleksandr Karelin (right) are at the plenary sitting of the Russian State Duma.

First deputy chairman of the culture committee of the Russian State Duma Iosif Kobzon (left) and deputy chairman of the international affairs committee of the State Duma Valentina Tereshkova (right) are during the sitting of the State Duma.

First deputy chairman of the constitutional legislation and state building committee of the Russian State Duma Vyacheslav Lysakov (left) and chairman of the constitutional legislation and state building committee of the State Duma Vladimir Pligin (right) are during the plenary Duma sitting.

Deputy chairman of the labour, social policy and veterans' affairs committee of the State Duma Nikolay Kolomeytsev is during the sitting of the State Duma.

Member of the physical education, sports and young people's affairs committee of the Russian State Duma Vladislav Tretyak (right) is during the plenary Duma sitting.

Member of the physical education, sports and young people's affairs committee pf the Russian State Duma Nikolay Valuev is during the plenary Duma sitting.

First deputy chairman of the culture committee of the Russian State Duma Yelena Dropeko is at the plenary sitting of the Russian State Duma.

First deputy chairman of the housing policy committee of the Russian State Duma Yelena Nikolaeva (right) is during the sitting of the State Duma.

First deputy chairman of the housing policy and housing and utility service committee of the Russian State Duma Yelena Nikolaeva (left) and first deputy chairman of the culture committee of the Russian State Duma Iosif Kobzon (right) are during the sitting of the State Duma.

Deputy chairman of the education committee of the Russian State Duma Irina Rodnina (left) is at the sitting of the Russian State Duma.

Deputy chairman of the Russian State Duma Nikolay Levichev is at the plenary sitting of the Russian State Duma.

Deputy chairman of the nationalities' affairs committee of the Russian State Duma Tamara Pletneva is at the sitting of the Russian State Duma.

Deputy Minister of labour and social defence of the Russian Federation Andrey Pudov is at the plenary sitting of the Russian State Duma.

Plenipotentiary of the Russian government in the Russian State Duma Aleksandr Sinenko (left) and deputy Minister of labour and social defence of Russia Andrey Pudov (in the centre) are at the plenary Duma sitting.