Gazprom Investholding general director Alisher Usmanov at Russian President Vladimir Putin's meeting with the board of trustees of the State Academic Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg.

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Russian Railways president Vladimir Yakunin at Russian President Vladimir Putin's meeting with the board of trustees of the State Academic Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg.

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Skolkovo Foundation president and Renova Group board chairman, Viktor Vekselberg, left, and Presidential Envoy to the Northwestern Federal District Vladimir Bulavin at Russian President Vladimir Putin's meeting with the State Academic Mariinsky Theater's board of trustees in St. Petersburg.

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From right: Kremlin's Chief of Staff Sergei Ivanov and pianist and People's Artist of Russia Denis Matsuyev at Russian President Vladimir Putin's meeting with the State Academic Mariinsky Theater's board of trustees in St. Petersburg.

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Mariinsky Theater artistic director and conductor Valery Gergiyev at Russian President Vladimir Putin's meeting with the State Academic Mariinsky Theater's board of trustees in St. Petersburg.

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Mariinsky Theater artistic director and conductor Valery Gergiyev, right, and PricewaterhouseCoopers vice president Donald Almeida at Russian President Vladimir Putin's meeting with the State Academic Mariinsky Theater's board of trustees in St. Petersburg.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, at the meeting with the board of trustees of the State Academic Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg, May 2, 2013. Left: Mariinsky Theater artistic director and conductor Valery Gergiyev. Right: Pianist and People's Artist of Russia Denis Matsuyev.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, at the meeting with the board of trustees of the State Academic Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg, May 2, 2013. Left: Mariinsky Theater artistic director and conductor Valery Gergiyev. From right: Kremlin's Chief of Staff Sergei Ivanov and pianist and People's Artist of Russia Denis Matsuyev.

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From right: Gazprom Deputy CEO and Gazprom Export General Director, Alexander Medvedev and Russian Culture Minister Vladimir Medinsky at Russian President Vladimir Putin's meeting with the State Academic Mariinsky Theater's board of trustees in St. Petersburg.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin at the meeting with the board of trustees of the State Academic Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg, May 2, 2013.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, at the meeting with the board of trustees of the State Academic Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg, May 2, 2013. Left: Mariinsky Theater artistic director and conductor Valery Gergiyev.

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Mariinsky Theater artistic director and conductor Valery Gergiyev at Russian President Vladimir Putin's meeting with the State Academic Mariinsky Theater's board of trustees in St. Petersburg.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, at the meeting with the board of trustees of the State Academic Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg, May 2, 2013. Left: Mariinsky Theater artistic director and conductor Valery Gergiyev.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, at the meeting with the board of trustees of the State Academic Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg, May 2, 2013. Left: Mariinsky Theater artistic director and conductor Valery Gergiyev.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, background 8th left, at the meeting with the board of trustees of the State Academic Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg, May 2, 2013.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, at the meeting with the board of trustees of the State Academic Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg, May 2, 2013. Left: Mariinsky Theater artistic director and conductor Valery Gergiyev.

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The Civic Initiatives Committee chairman Alexei Kudrin, right, and Japan Tobacco International CEO Pierre de Labouchere at Russian President Vladimir Putin's meeting with the State Academic Mariinsky Theater's board of trustees in St. Petersburg.

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The Civic Initiatives Committee chairman Alexei Kudrin, right, and Japan Tobacco International CEO Pierre de Labouchere at Russian President Vladimir Putin's meeting with the State Academic Mariinsky Theater's board of trustees in St. Petersburg.

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