From left: Member of the German Bundestag, Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs Franz Thonnes, Vice-President of the Russian Confederation of Labor Oleg Shein, TV host Svetlana Sorokina, President Minister of the Federal State of Brandenburg (2002-2013) Matthias Platzeck and President of the Russian Confederation of Labor Boris Kravchenko during the first Russian-German Social Dialogue organized by the Russian Confederation of Labor (KTR) and the Friedrich Ebert Foundation (Germany).