June 19, 2018. Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev and Chairman of the Council of the Republic of the Belarusian National Assembly Mikhail Myasnikovich, foreground right, before a meeting of the Supreme State Council of the Union State of Russia and Belarus, in Minsk. From left, background: Russian Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko and State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin.