From left, foreground: Alexander Khloponin, Vice-Prime Minister and the President's Representative in the North Caucasian Federal District, Yury Trutnev, the President's Representative in the Far Eastern Federal District, and Vyacheslav Volodin, deputy head of the presidential office, listening to President Vladimir Putin's statement before the assembly of Duma deputies, Federation Council members, the heads of the Russian regions and representatives of civil society. His speech concerned an appeal by the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol to integrate them with the Russian Federation, March 18, 2014.
