President of the Chechen republic Akhmad Kadyrov (centre) and head of the Mordovia republic Nikolai Merkushin (right) attended the government meeting.

Russian Tax Minister Gennady Bukaev (left), President of the Chechen republic Akhmad Kadyrov (centre) and Russian Press Minister Milkail Lesin (right) attended the government meeting.

Chechen republic president Akhmad Kadyrov (left) attends the government meeting.

Chechen republic president Akhmad Kadyrov (right) and Russian Tax Minister Gennady Bukaev (left) attend the government meeting.

Russian Communications Minister Mikhail Lesin (right), Chechen republic president Akhmad Kadyrov (centre) and Russian Tax Minister Gennady Bukaev (left) attend the government meeting.

Chechen republic Prime Minister Anatoly Popov (right) and Russian Deputy Prime Minister on housing Vladimir Yakovlev (left) attend the government meeting.

Alexander Rumyantsev, Russian Minister of Nuclear Power (left), Russian Communications Minister Mikhail Lesin (centre) and Russian Federal Securities Commission head Igor Kostikov (right) attended the government meeting.

Chechen republic president Akhmad Kadyrov (left) and Russian Minister on Chechen Affairs Stanislav Ilyasov (right) attended the government meeting.

Alexander Rumyantsev, Russian Minister of Nuclear Power attended the government meeting.

Vitaly Artyukhov, the Minister of Natural Resources of Russia (left) attended the government meeting.

Deputy chairman of the russian government on housing Vladimir Yakovlev attended the government meeting.

Deputy chairman of the russian government and finance minister Alexei Kudrin (centre) attended the government's meeting.

Chairman of the Russian Government Mikhail Kasyanov attended the government meeting.

Chechen republic Prime Minister Anatoly Popov (left), Chechen republic president Akhmad Kadyrov (centre) and Russian Minister on Chechen Affairs Stanislav Ilyasov (right) attended the government meeting.

Russian Communications Minister Mikhail Lesin (left) and Russian Anti-Monopoly Minister Ilya Yuzhanov (right) attended the government meeting.

Russian Tax Minister Gennady Bukaev (centre) and Russian Labor and Social Development Minister Alexander Pochinok (second from the right) attended the government meeting.

Mordovia republic head Nikolai Merkushin (second from the right), Russian Tax Minister Gennady Bukaev (centre) and the Russian Central Bank chairman Sergei Ignatiev (right) attended the government meeting.

Russian Education Minister Vladimir Filippov (left), Russian Transport Minister Sergei Frank (centre) and Russian Power Minister Igor Yusufov (right) attended the government meeting.