Members of the of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of Russia observe a moment of silence in commemoration of Yakutia schoolchildren who died in a fire in the town of Sydybyl on April 8, 2003. The victims are 22 senior students who were saving junior schoolchildren.09.04.2003#6491290
Members of the of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of Russia observe a moment of silence ahead of the plenary meeting in tribute to Yakutia schoolchildren who died in a fire in the town of Sydybyl on April 8, 2003. The victims are 22 senior students who were saving junior schoolchildren.09.04.2003#6491285
A plenary session of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of Russia which was preceded by a moment of silence in commemoration of Yakutia schoolchildren who died in a fire in the town of Sydybyl on April 8, 2003. The victims are 22 senior students who were saving junior schoolchildren.09.04.2003#6491289
Vyacheslav Voldin, left, head of the Fatherland - All Russia faction in parliament, and Frants Klintsevich, third left, secretary of the United Russia Party's regional office in Chechnya, during a break in the plenary session of the State Duma of the Russian Federation.15.01.2003#6470543
Frants Klintsevich, left, secretary of the United Russia Party's regional office in Chechnya, is seen here during a break in the plenary session of the State Duma of the Russian Federation.15.01.2003#6470540
Gennady Seleznyov, center in the presidium, Speaker of the State Duma, opens the plenary session of the State Duma of the Russian Federation.15.01.2003#6470538
Vyacheslav Voldin, center, head of the Fatherland - All Russia faction in parliament, speaks with MPs during a break in the plenary session of the State Duma of the Russian Federation.15.01.2003#6470534
MPs during a break in the plenary session of the State Duma of the Russian Federation.15.01.2003#6470531
Gennady Raikov, center, chairman of the central committee of the People's Party of Russia, during a break at the plenary session of the State Duma of the Russian Federation.15.01.2003#6470529
A plenary meeting of the State Duma of the Russian Federation of the First Convocation. Second left: Vladimir Zhirinovsky, leader of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR), a political party, during a recess.07.02.1994#6299836
Elections to the State Duma of the Russian Federation of the First Convocation. Photo: President of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs Arkady Volsky, center, at a polling station.04.02.1994#6300790
Moscow, Russia. A polling station during elections to the State Duma of the Russian Federation of the First Convocation.04.02.1994#6300787
Elections to the Russian Federation's State Duma of the first convocation. Grigory Yavlinsky, leader of the Yavlinsky-Boldyrev-Lukin bloc, answers journalists' questions.04.02.1994#6300784
Elections to the Russian Federation's State Duma of the first convocation. Ballot boxes are thoroughly checked at the polling stations ahead of voting.04.02.1994#6300783
Elections to the State Duma of the Russian Federation of the First Convocation. Photo: Counting ballots at a polling station.04.02.1994#6301332
Federal Republic of Germany Bundesrat Speaker Bjorn Engholm, Prime Minister of Schleswig-Holstein State, visits the Soviet Union. He is seen here meeting with Yevgeny Primakov, a Candidate Member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and Speaker of the Council of the Union of the Supreme Soviet (Parliament) of the USSR.26.09.1989#6549190
Moscow. The Grand Kremlin Palace. The Second Session of the Supreme Soviet (Parliament) of the USSR of the 11th Convocation. Members of a delegation from the Tajik SSR in between meetings. Right: Tavarali Ziyoyev, a senior machine operator at the Vakhsh Nitrogen and Mineral Fertilizer Plant and a Deputy of the Supreme Soviet (Parliament) of the USSR.01.12.1984#8770716
Moscow. The Grand Kremlin Palace. The Second Session of the Supreme Soviet (Parliament) of the USSR of the 11th Convocation. Members of a delegation from the Tajik SSR in the conference hall. Right: Tavarali Ziyoyev, a senior machine operator at the Vakhsh Nitrogen and Mineral Fertilizer Plant and a Deputy of the Supreme Soviet (Parliament) of the USSR.01.12.1984#8770704
Tbilisi city. Photo: Entrance of the building of the Supreme Soviet (Parliament) of the Georgian SSR, completed in 1938-1953 to a design by architects Viktor Kokorin and Georgy Lezhava.04.07.1966#6043203
Jan Pelve, third left, Chairperson of the Council of Nationalities of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, meets with Japanese MPs.19.08.1965#5903649
