Member of the State Duma Industries, Construction and Technologies Committee Gennady Seleznev (centre) chats away with other legislators during a plenary session.

Member of the State Duma Industries, Construction and Technologies Committee Gennady Seleznev (left) and member of the State Duma Regulations and Procedure Committee Svetlana Goryacheva (right) take part in a plenary session of the legislature.

Chairman of the State Duma Agricultural Issues Committee Gennady Kulik takes part in a plenary session of the legislature.

Vice-chairman of the State Duma International Affairs Committee Alexander Karelin (right) talks to an unidentified female legislator during a plenary session of the Duma.

Vice-speaker of the State Duma Lyubov Sliska arrives at a plenary session of the legislature.

Chairman of the State Duma Liberal Democratic (LDPR) faction Igor Lebedev (left, leaning to the row behind him) and vice-speaker of the legislature, LDPR party leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky (sitting next to Mr Lebedev) take part in a plenary session.

Vice-speaker of the State Duma Alexander Zhukov takes part in a plenary session of the legislature.

Vice-speaker of the State Duma, leader of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDPR) Vladimir Zhirinovsky takes part in a plenary session of the legislature.