Russian Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matvienko and Finance Minister Anton Siluanov arrive for a plenary session to consider the parameters of the draft federal budget for 2026 and the 2027-2028 planning period at the Federation Council, the upper house of parliament, in Moscow, Russia.06.10.2025#9020493
In this handout photo released by the Russian Federation Council, Russian Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matvienko attends a session of the 15th Summit of Women Speakers of Parliament at the United Nations Office at Geneva, Switzerland.28.07.2025#8973058
In this handout photo released by the Russian Federation Council, Russian Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matvienko attends a session of the 15th Summit of Women Speakers of Parliament at the United Nations Office at Geneva, Switzerland.28.07.2025#8973060
In this handout photo released by the Russian Federation Council, Russian Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matvienko attends a session of the 15th Summit of Women Speakers of Parliament at the United Nations Office at Geneva, Switzerland.28.07.2025#8973065
In this handout photo released by the Russian Federation Council, Russian Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matvienko and Deputy Speaker Konstantin Kosachev attend a session of the 15th Summit of Women Speakers of Parliament at the United Nations Office at Geneva, Switzerland.28.07.2025#8973067
In this handout photo released by the Russian Federation Council, Russian Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matvienko and Deputy Speaker Konstantin Kosachev attend a session of the 15th Summit of Women Speakers of Parliament at the United Nations Office in Geneva, Switzerland. Chair of the Russian Federation Council Committee on Science, Education and Culture Lilia Gumerova, is at left.28.07.2025#8973050
In this handout photo released by the Russian Federation Council, Chair of the Russian Federation Council Committee on Science, Education and Culture Lilia Gumerova attends a session of the 15th Summit of Women Speakers of Parliament at the United Nations Office at Geneva, Switzerland.28.07.2025#8973064
In this handout photo released by the Russian Federation Council, Russian Federation Council Deputy Speaker Konstantin Kosachev attends a session of the 15th Summit of Women Speakers of Parliament at the United Nations Office at Geneva, Switzerland.28.07.2025#8973063
In this handout photo released by the Russian Federation Council, Russian Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matvienko attends a session of the 15th Summit of Women Speakers of Parliament at the United Nations Office in Geneva, Switzerland.28.07.2025#8973046
Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, accompanied by Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matvienko, arrives for a meeting with members of the Council of the Chamber under the Russia's Federation Council in Moscow, Russia.30.06.2025#8955628
In this handout photo released by the Russian Federation Council, Russian Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matvienko and Armenian National Assembly Speaker Alen Simonyan attend a meeting in Yerevan, Armenia.06.06.2025#8939612
In this handout photo released by the Russian Federation Council, Russian Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matvienko is welcomed by Armenian National Assembly Speaker Alen Simonyan upon arrival at Zvartnots International Airport near Yerevan, Armenia.06.06.2025#8939605
In this handout photo released by the Russian Federation Council, Russian Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matvienko is welcomed by Armenian National Assembly Speaker Alen Simonyan upon arrival at Zvartnots International Airport near Yerevan, Armenia.06.06.2025#8939600
In this handout photo released by the Russian Federation Council, Russian Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matvienko and Armenian National Assembly Speaker Alen Simonyan tour the exhibition dedicated to the evacuation of children from a Leningrad orphanage to the Armenian village of Sanahin during the World War II, in Yerevan, Armenia.06.06.2025#8939654
In this handout photo released by the Russian Federation Council, Russian Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matvienko and Armenian National Assembly Speaker Alen Simonyan shake hands during a meeting in Yerevan, Armenia.06.06.2025#8939651
In this handout photo released by the Russian Federation Council, Russian Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matvienko and Armenian National Assembly Speaker Alen Simonyan tour the exhibition dedicated to the evacuation of children from a Leningrad orphanage to the Armenian village of Sanahin during the World War II, in Yerevan, Armenia.06.06.2025#8939653
Russian Central Bank head Elvira Nabiullina speaks at a plenary meeting of the Russian Federation Council, Russian Parliament's upper chamber, in Moscow, Russia. Top row, from left, are: Federation Council Deputy Chairmen Ilyas Umakhanov and Nikolai Fedorov, Federation Council speaker Valentina Matvienko.06.11.2019#6065471
An extended meeting of the board of the Russian Federal Service for Supervision in the Sphere of Telecommunications, Information Technology and Mass Communications (Roskomnadzor) at the Rossiya Segodnya International Multimedia Press Center.20.02.2018#3304305
An extended meeting of the board of the Russian Federal Service for Supervision in the Sphere of Telecommunications, Information Technology and Mass Communications (Roskomnadzor) at the Rossiya Segodnya International Multimedia Press Center.20.02.2018#3304310
November 25, 2017. Russian President Vladimir Putin holds a meeting with permanent members of the Security Council.24.11.2017#3242590
First Deputy Chair of the Federation Council Alexander Torshin, back left, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov and Chair of the Federation Council Valentina Matviyenko at a Federation Council meeting in Moscow.27.11.2013#2327406
President Dmitry Medvedev meeting at the Gorki residence s with Russian Security Council members, October 14, 2011. Left: Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.14.10.2011#973099
A young man seen reading the Vlast (Power) magazine. St. Petersburg government has denied orders to withdraw the magazine issue from sale.14.07.2011#933656
A young man seen reading the Vlast (Power) magazine. St. Petersburg government has denied orders to withdraw the magazine issue from sale.14.07.2011#933657
St. Petersburg Governor Valentina Matviyenko has called for changing the boundaries of the city’s historical area31.01.2011#852398
Participants and opponents of rally in support of sexual minorities' rights, timed to the International Day for Tolerance, arguing with each other in St. Petersburg.20.11.2010#807262
May 29, 2009. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, center, at the meeting on the construction of a new building (second stage) for the State Academic Mariinsky Theater.29.05.2009#398236
November 25, 2008. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin during his meeting with St. Petersburg Governor Valentina Matviyenko in St. Petersburg.25.11.2008#360671
St. Petersburg Governor Valentina Matviyenko during her meeting with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg.25.11.2008#360673
November 25, 2008. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and St. Petersburg Governor Valentina Matviyenko during their meeting in St. Petersburg.25.11.2008#360672
St. Petersburg Governor Valentina Matviyenko and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov walking to a meeting of the Northern Dimension in the Yusupov Palace in St. Petersburg on Tuesday.28.10.2008#355652
St. Petersburg Governor Valentina Matviyenko at a meeting of the Board of trustees of the School of Management and Economics. The celebration of the 15th anniversary of the founding of the Department of Economics at St. Petersburg University.29.01.2008#180550
Minister of Education and Science Andrei Fursenko and St. Petersburg Governor Valentina Matviyenko at a meeting of the Board of trustees of the School of Management and Economics. The celebration of the 15th anniversary of the founding of the Department of Economics at St. Petersburg University.29.01.2008#180548
First Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov and St. Petersburg Governor Valentina Matviyenko at a meeting of the Board of trustees of the School of Management and Economics. The celebration of the 15th anniversary of the founding of the Department of Economics at St. Petersburg University. 29.01.2008#180532
First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Dmitry Medvedev, St Petersburg Governor Valentina Matviyenko and plenipotentiary representative of the Russian President in North-Western Federal District Ilya Klebanov (left to right in the forefront) at the official ceremony of opening the Almazov Research Institute of Cardiology in St Petersburg.01.09.2006#133257
First Vice Premier of the Russian Government Dmitry Medvedev and St Petersburg Governor Valentina Matviyenko at the 10th International Economic Forum in St Petersburg. 13.06.2006#128813
Russian President Vladimir Putin and St. Petersburg Governor Valentina Matviyenko during a visit to the Russian State History Archives in St. Petersburg.24.12.2005#121831
Russian President Vladimir Putin and St. Petersburg governor Valentina Matviyenko (left to right) attending a ground-laying ceremony for the Toyota Motor Corporation plant at Shushary. 14.06.2005#110217
St. Petersburg governor Valentina Matviyenko and chairman of the Russian Social Insurance Fund Galina Karelova (from left to right) at a Russian government session on social issues.18.04.2005#116128
Moscow Mayor Yury Luzhkov and St. Petersburg governor Valentina Matviyenko at a Russian government session.21.10.2004#112515
Russian president Vladimir Putin meeting with St. Petersburg Governor Valentina Matviyenko (left to right) 26.06.2004#110151
Russian President Vladimir Putin, St. Petersburg Governor Valentina Matviyenko, and presidential envoy to the North-West Federal District Ilya Klebanov (right) at the opening ceremony of the St. Petersburg's metro branch after reconstruction. 26.06.2004#110150
Russian President Vladimir Putin and St. Petersburg Governor Valentina Matviyenko at the Ploshchad Muzhestva (Courage Square) metro station26.06.2004#110147
Spouse of the Russian president Lyudmila Putin (right) and St. Petersburg Governor Valentina Matviyenko at the higher school of popular art.23.04.2004#109053
Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Valentina Matviyenko at the "Russian Ski Track" competition.09.02.2003#7223
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Valentina Matviyenko (left) at the new school opening ceremony.02.09.2002#14058
Valentina Matviyenko, vice-premier of the Russian government, at the opening ceremony of the International Music Festival held in the Grand Hall of the Moscow Conservatoire. 02.04.2002#13696
Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Valentina Matviyenko (left) and Mikhail Zurabov, chairman of the Russian Pension Fund, at a meeting in the State Duma. 28.11.2001#7226
Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) holding a meeting with a group of social workers in Kremlin. The participants discussed the issues of improving the material basis of social protection agencies and supporting orphans and disabled children.07.06.2001#3255636
Tatiana Yakovleva, Deputy Chairperson of the Health Protection and Sports Committee [right], and Russia's Deputy Prime Minister Valentina Matviyenko [left] at the State Duma's conference hall.20.01.2001#7316
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Valentina Matviyenko (center) at the International Forum-Fair 'Social support for the former servicemen and law-enforcement officers'.15.12.2000#7918
December 7, 2000. Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov chairs a Government meeting at the Government House.07.12.2000#3250340
Summing up of the results of the national contest "Russian organization of high social justice." Deputy Prime Minister Valentina Matvienko made a speech at the ceremony.06.12.2000#792962
Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov, third right, meets with representatives of youth organizations, at the Government House.17.11.2000#3250338
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Valentina Matviyenko (left) and Russian Media Minister Mikhail Lesin (right) open the 13th Moscow International Book Fair at the Russian Exhibition Centre.06.09.2000#81831
