From left, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin, Chairwoman of the Board of the St Petersburg public organisation "Residents of Besieged Leningrad" Yelena Tikhomirova, Mariinsky Theatre Artistic and General Director and General Director of Bolshoi Theatre Valery Gergiev, Founder of the Aliaksei Talai Charitable Foundation - Belarusian Paralympic swimmer Aliaksei Talai, First Deputy Chairman of the Russian State Duma's Ecology, Natural Resources and Environment Protection Committee Vyacheslav Fetisov, Russian President Vladimir Putin, USSR People's Artist Alexander Shilov, Russian Rhythmic Gymnastics Federation President Irina Viner, Russian Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko, Russian Wrestling Federation President Mikhail Mamiashvili, Oleg Tabakov Theatre artistic director Vladimir Mashkov, Russian Chess Federation President Andrei Filatov, Belgorod Region Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov, and Russian test cosmonaut Anna Kikina pose for a group photo after the ceremony to present highest state decorations at the Kremlin's St Catherine Hall in Moscow, Russia.
