December 12, 2013. President Vladimir Putin arrives for his annual address to the Federal Assembly in the St. George's Hall of the Kremlin.12.12.2013#2336727
Alexander Karelin, member of the United Russia parliamentary party in the State Duma, before President Vladimir Putin's annual address to the Federal Assembly.12.12.2013#2336726
Pavel Krasheninnikov, center, and Vladimir Pligin, right, members of the United Russia parliamentary party in the State Duma before President Vladimir Putin's annual address to the Federal Assembly.12.12.2013#2336721
December 12, 2013. Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev and Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, before President Vladimir Putin's annual address to the Federal Assembly.12.12.2013#2336717
December 12, 2013. President Vladimir Putin arrives for his annual address to the Federal Assembly in the St. George's Hall of the Kremlin.12.12.2013#2336716
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, left, and Alexander Zhukov, State Duma First Deputy Speaker and President of the Russian Olympic Committee, before President Vladimir Putin's annual address to the Federal Assembly.12.12.2013#2336715
Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Sergei Ivanov before President Vladimir Putin's annual address to the Federal Assembly.12.12.2013#2336714
December 12, 2013. Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, second right, before President Vladimir Putin's annual address to the Federal Assembly.12.12.2013#2336713
Svetlana Savitskaya, Soviet cosmonaut, member of the State Duma representing the Communist Party, Deputy Chair of the State Duma Committee on Defense, before President Vladimir Putin's annual address to the Federal Assembly.12.12.2013#2336712
December 12, 2013. Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, Supreme Court Chairman Vyacheslav Lebedev, Constitutional Court Chairman Valery Zorkin (left to right) before President Vladimir Putin's annual address to the Federal Assembly.12.12.2013#2336711
Nobel Prize winner in Physics Zhores Alfyorov before President Vladimir Putin's annual address to the Federal Assembly.12.12.2013#2336710
December 12, 2013. President Vladimir Putin reads his annual address to the Federal Assembly in the St. George's Hall of the Kremlin.12.12.2013#2336708
Judoist Dmitry Nosov, center, before President Vladimir Putin's annual address to the Federal Assembly.12.12.2013#2336707
Suleiman Kerimov, representative of Dagestan in the Federation Council, and Sergei Belousov, Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Farming and Food Production Policy and Natural Resources Management, before President Vladimir Putin's annual address to the Federal Assembly.12.12.2013#2336703
December 12, 2013. President Vladimir Putin, back center, reads his annual address to the Federal Assembly in the St. George's Hall of the Kremlin.12.12.2013#2336702