Vice speaker of the Federation Council (upper house of Russian parliament) Dmitry Mezentsev (centre) and vice chairma of the Council Constitution Legislation Committee Valery Fedorov (right) take part in a meeting of the legislature.

Vice speaker of the Federation Council (upper house of Russian parliament) Dmitry Mezentsev takes part in a meeting of the Council.

Vice speaker of the Federation Council (upper house of Russian parliament), representative of the Sakhalin Oblast administration Valery Goreglyad (left) listens to the Khabarovsk Kray legislature representative Victor Ozerov (left) during a session of the Council.

Vice speaker of the Federation Council (upper house of Russian parliament), representative of the Sakhalin Oblast administration Valery Goreglyad (right) takes part in a session of the Council.

Vice speaker of the Federation Council (upper house of Russian parliament), representative of the Sakhalin Oblast administration Valery Goreglyad (left) talks to the FC speaker Sergey Mironov during a session of the Council.

Vice speaker of the Federation Council (upper house of Russian parliament), representative of the Sakhalin Oblast administration Valery Goreglyad (left) and the FC speaker Sergey Mironov (sitting next to Mr Goreglyad) take part in a session of the Council.

Vice speaker of the Federation Council (upper house of Russian parliament), representative of the Irkutsk Oblast administration Dmitry Mezentsev takes part in a FC session.