Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with the top candidates on United Russia's party list for the State Duma election, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Presidential Commissioner for Children's Rights Maria Lvova-Belova and war correspondent and Hero of Russia Yevgeny Poddubny, in Moscow, Russia. Elections for the ninth State Duma will take place from September 18 to 20.
