From left, foreground: President Vladimir Putin giving the honorary rank "Merited Military Pilot of the Russian Federation" to Colonel Dmitry Kostyunin, chief of staff and deputy commander of the Long-Range Aviation, Air Force, while attending the Russian Defense Ministry's Board meeting in an expanded format, the General Staff Academy, Moscow, December 10, 2013. Background, from left: General Staff Chief Valery Gerasimov, the first deputy defense minister, and Prosecutor-General Yury Chaika. Right: Sergei Ivanov, chief of the presidential staff.
- Categories: Unrest, Conflicts & War, Politics
- Location: Moscow, Russia
- Event date: 10.12.2013
- Date published: 10.12.2013
- Author: Mikhail Klimentyev
- Source: Sputnik
- Credit: Sputnik
- Original: Digital
- Media: JPEG, 3822x2594px, 5.9Mb