Deputy Chairman of the Russian State Duma Vladimir Vasilyev, left, and deputy chairman of the State Duma Committee on Housing Policy and Housing and Communal Services Alexander Sidyakin at a plenary meeting of the lower house of the Russian Parliament.21.12.2012#1321463
From left: member of the State Duma Committee on Culture Maria Maksakova-Igenbergs, member of the State Duma Committee on Natural Resources, Environment and Ecology Maria Kozhevnikova and deputy chairperson of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs Valentina Tereshkova at a plenary meeting of the lower house of the Russian Parliament.21.12.2012#1321448
Deputy chairman of the State Duma Committee on Social Policy, Labor and Veteran Affairs Nikolai Kolomeitsev, left, and chairman of the State Duma Committee on CIS affairs and Compatriots Leonid Slutsky at a plenary meeting of the lower house of the Russian Parliament.21.12.2012#1321447
Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Industry Sergei Sobko, left, and CPRF leader Gennady Zyuganov at a plenary meeting of the lower house of the Russian Parliament.21.12.2012#1321444
Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Constitutional Legislation and State Construction Vladimir Pligin, left, and Deputy Chairman of the Russian State Duma Vladimir Vasilyev at a plenary meeting of the lower house of the Russian Parliament.21.12.2012#1321443
Member of the State Duma Committee on Physical Culture, Sports and Youth Affairs Nikolai Valuyev, left, and chairman of the State Duma Committee on Regional Policy and Issues of the North and Far East Nikolai Kharitonov at a plenary meeting of the lower house of the Russian Parliament.21.12.2012#1321442
First Deputy Chairman of the Russian State Duma Alexander Zhukov, left, and State Duma Spokesman Sergei Naryshkin at a plenary meeting of the lower house of the Russian Parliament.21.12.2012#1321417
Russian State Duma Spokesman Sergei Naryshkin speaks at a plenary meeting of the lower house of the Russian Parliament.21.12.2012#1321415
From left: chairman of the State Duma Committee on Criminal, Arbitrage and Procedural Legislation Pavel Krasheninnikov, member of the State Duma Committee on Health Care Sergei Reshulsky and chairman of the State Duma Committee on Constitutional Legislation and State Construction Vladimir Pligin at a plenary meeting of the lower house of the Russian Parliament.21.12.2012#1321413
Member of the State Duma Committee on Economic Policy, Innovative Development and Entrepreneurship Ilya Ponomarev at a plenary meeting of the lower house of the Russian Parliament.21.12.2012#1321411
From left: First Deputy Chairman of the Russian State Duma Alexander Zhukov, State Duma Spokesman Sergei Naryshkin and First Deputy Chairman of the Russian State Duma Ivan Melnikov at a plenary meeting of the lower house of the Russian Parliament.21.12.2012#1321389
Russian State Duma Spokesman Sergei Naryshkin speaks at a plenary meeting of the lower house of the Russian Parliament.21.12.2012#1321388
The electronic board showing the results of voting on the “Dima Yakovlev” draft law by the State Duma deputies in the third and final reading. The law comes in retaliation for the so-called “Magnitsky Act” and prohibits US citizens from adoption of Russian children.21.12.2012#1321343
(From left) Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Lyudmila Shvetsova, First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Culture Iosif Kobzon and Vladimir Dolgikh, a member of the State Duma Committee on Social Policy, Labor and Veteran Affairs, at a plenary meeting of the lower house of the Russian Parliament.21.12.2012#1321228
Vladimir Pligin, Chairman of the State Duma Committee for Constitutional Legislation and State Development, at a plenary meeting of the lower house of the Russian Parliament.21.12.2012#1321227
Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Vladimir Vasilyev and Chairman of the State Duma Sergei Naryshkin at a plenary meeting of the lower house of the Russian Parliament.21.12.2012#1321226
Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Public Associations and Religious Organizations Yekaterina Lakhova at a plenary meeting of the lower house of the Russian Parliament.21.12.2012#1321223
Vladimir Pligin, Chairman of the State Duma Committee for Constitutional Legislation and State Development, at a plenary meeting of the lower house of the Russian Parliament.21.12.2012#1321222
(From left) First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Alexander Zhukov, Chairman of the State Duma Sergei Naryshkin and Chairman of the State Duma Committee for Constitutional Legislation and State Development Vladimir Pligin at a plenary meeting of the lower house of the Russian Parliament.21.12.2012#1321221
Vladimir Pligin, Chairman of the State Duma Committee for Constitutional Legislation and State Development, at a plenary meeting of the lower house of the Russian Parliament.21.12.2012#1321220
Sergei Mironov, the leader of the party "A Just Russia", at a plenary meeting of the lower house of the Russian Parliament.21.12.2012#1321219
Chairman of the State Duma Committee for Information Policy, Information Technology and Communications Alexei Mitrofanov and Chairman of the State Duma Sergei Naryshkin (from left in the background) at a plenary meeting of the lower house of the Russian Parliament.21.12.2012#1321218
Yelena Afanasyeva, Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Social Policy, Labor and Veteran Affairs, at a plenary meeting of the lower house of the Russian Parliament.21.12.2012#1321216
