Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, foreground, Federation Council Deputy Speaker Ilyas Umakhanov, Federation Council First Deputy Speaker Alexander Torshin, and Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko (background, from left), at the Federation Council meeting.18.12.2013#2339703
Russian Federation Council member Boris Nevzorov, left, at the Federation Council meeting.18.12.2013#2339699
Russian Federation Council member Vitaly Ignatenko at the Federation Council meeting.18.12.2013#2339698
Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko, left, at a meeting of the Federation Council.18.12.2013#2339571
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Ivanov, foreground, Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko, her first deputy Alexander Torshin and deputy Ilyas Umakhanov, from right, at a meeting of the Federation Council.18.12.2013#2339570
Ralif Safin, left, deputy chairman of the Federation Council Committee for Youth and Tourism, at a meeting of the Federation Council.18.12.2013#2339565
Deputy chairman of the State Duma Committee for Property Anton Belyakov, center, at a meeting of the Federation Council.18.12.2013#2339564
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov speaks at a meeting of the Federation Council.18.12.2013#2339560
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, foreground, Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko and her first deputy Alexander Torshin at a meeting of the Federation Council.18.12.2013#2339558
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov talks to journalists after a meeting of the Federation Council.18.12.2013#2339557
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, left, at a meeting of the Federation Council.18.12.2013#2339556
Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko at a meeting of the Federation Council.18.12.2013#2339545
Suleiman Kerimov, Federation Council member representing Dagestan, at a meeting of the Federation Council.18.12.2013#2339543
Mikhail Margelov, left, chairman of the Federation Council Committee for Foreign Affairs, and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at a meeting of the Federation Council.18.12.2013#2339541
From left: Leonid Tyagachyov, deputy chairman of the Federation Council Committee for Foreign Affairs, and Vyacheslav Fetisov, Federation Council member representing the Primorye Territory, at a meeting of the council.18.12.2013#2339540
From right: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Mikhail Margelov, chairman of the Federation Council Committee for Foreign Affairs, and his deputy Leonid Tyagachyov at a meeting of the Federation Council.18.12.2013#2339539
Vyacheslav Fetisov, Federation Council member representing the Primorye Territory, at a meeting of the council.18.12.2013#2339536
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko at a meeting of the council.18.12.2013#2339535
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, background left, speaks at a meeting of the Federation Council.18.12.2013#2339534