Mikhail Abyzov (left), Minister at large, and Anton Siluanov, Finance Minister, seen before the delivery of an annual Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly at the Kremlin's St.|George Hall, December 4, 2014.04.12.2014#2537998
Veronika Skvortsova, Minister of Health, and Andrei Fursenko, the Russian President's aide, seen before the delivery of an annual Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly at the Kremlin's St.George Hall, December 4, 2014.04.12.2014#2537997
Dmitry Kiselev, Director-General, International Information Agency "Russia Today", seen after the delivery of an annual Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly at the Kremlin's St.|George Hall, December 4, 2014.04.12.2014#2537995
December 4, 2014. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin, center, and Moscow Region Governor Andrei Vorobyov, right, during Vladimir Putin's annual Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly in the Kremlin's St. George's Hall.04.12.2014#2537981
December 4, 2014. Yekaterinburg Mayor Yevgeny Roizman before Vladimir Putin's annual Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly in the Kremlin's St. George's Hall.04.12.2014#2537980
December 4, 2014. Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak before Vladimir Putin's annual Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly in the Kremlin's St. George's Hall.04.12.2014#2537957
December 4, 2014. From left: Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov and Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu before Vladimir Putin's annual Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly in the Kremlin's St. George's Hall.04.12.2014#2537948
December 4, 2014. Russian Presidential Aide Andrei Belousov, foreground right, answers journalists' questions following Vladimir Putin's annual Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly in the Kremlin's St. George's Hall.04.12.2014#2537947
December 4, 2014. Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia before Vladimir Putin's annual Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly in the Kremlin's St. George's Hall.04.12.2014#2537946
December 4, 2014. Russian Presidential Aide Andrei Belousov before Vladimir Putin's annual Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly in the Kremlin's St. George's Hall.04.12.2014#2537945
December 4, 2014. Russian Presidential Aide Andrei Belousov answers journalists' questions following Vladimir Putin's annual Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly in the Kremlin's St. George's Hall.04.12.2014#2537944
December 4, 2014. President of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs Alexander Shokhin answers journalists' questions following Vladimir Putin's annual Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly in the Kremlin's St. George's Hall.04.12.2014#2537943
December 4, 2014. Head of the Republic of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Yevkurov before Vladimir Putin's annual Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly in the Kremlin's St. George's Hall.04.12.2014#2537940
December 4, 2014. Federation Council member Suleiman Kerimov, left, before Vladimir Putin's annual Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly in the Kremlin's St. George's Hall.04.12.2014#2537935
December 4, 2014. Head of the Russian Council of Muftis Ravil Gainutdin after Vladimir Putin's annual Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly in the Kremlin's St. George's Hall.04.12.2014#2537934
December 4, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers the annual Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly in the Kremlin's St. George's Hall.04.12.2014#2537928
December 4, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev after the annual Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly in the Kremlin's St. George's Hall.04.12.2014#2537925
December 4, 2014. Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, seventh right, during Vladimir Putin's annual Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly in the Kremlin's St. George's Hall.04.12.2014#2537923
December 4, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers the annual Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly in the Kremlin's St. George's Hall.04.12.2014#2537922
December 4, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin before delivering his annual Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly in the Kremlin's St. George's Hall.04.12.2014#2537917
December 4, 2014. Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, third right, during the annual Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly in the Kremlin's St. George's Hall. From left: Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Sergei Ivanov and Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko. From right: Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia and State Duma Speaker Sergei Naryshkin.04.12.2014#2537916
December 4, 2014. Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, third right, during the annual Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly in the Kremlin's St. George's Hall. From left: Federation Council Deputy Speaker Yevgeny Bushmin, Federation Council First Deputy Speaker Alexander Torshin, Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Sergei Ivanov and Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko. From right: Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia and State Duma Speaker Sergei Naryshkin.04.12.2014#2537915
December 4, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, delivers the annual Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly in the Kremlin's St. George's Hall. Second right: Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev.04.12.2014#2537914
December 4, 2014. Viktor Kazakov, left, deputy chairman of the State Duma Committee for Federal Structure and Local Government, and Vladislav Reznik, first deputy chairman of the State Duma Committee for Financial Markets, before Vladimir Putin's annual Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly in the Kremlin's St. George's Hall.04.12.2014#2537900
December 4, 2014. From right: Russian State Duma First Deputy Speaker Alexander Zhukov, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia and State Duma Speaker Sergei Naryshkin before Vladimir Putin's annual Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly in the Kremlin's St. George's Hall.04.12.2014#2537899
December 4, 2014. Talgat Talzhutdin, Russia's chief Mufti and chairman of the Central Spiritual Directorate of Muslims of Russia, before Vladimir Putin's annual Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly in the Kremlin's St. George's Hall.04.12.2014#2537898
December 4, 2014. Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Sergei Ivanov and Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko before Vladimir Putin's annual Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly in the Kremlin's St. George's Hall.04.12.2014#2537897
December 4, 2014. Russian Presidential Aide Andrei Fursenko, left, and Iosif Kobzon, first deputy chairman of the State Duma Culture Committee, before Vladimir Putin's annual Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly in the Kremlin's St. George's Hall.04.12.2014#2537895
December 4, 2014. Russian Healthcare Minister Veronika Skvortsova before the annual Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly in the Kremlin's St. George's Hall.04.12.2014#2537894
December 4, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers the annual Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly in the Kremlin's St. George's Hall.04.12.2014#2537891
December 4, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin before delivering his annual Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly in the Kremlin's St. George's Hall.04.12.2014#2537890
December 4, 2014. Audit Chamber Chairperson Tatyana Golikova and Communist Party leader Gennady Zyuganov before the annual Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly in the Kremlin's St. George's Hall.04.12.2014#2537889
December 4, 2014. From right: Russian State Duma First Deputy Speakers Ivan Melnikov and Alexander Zhukov, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, State Duma Speaker Sergei Naryshkin, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko and Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Sergei Ivanov listen to the annual Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly in the Kremlin's St. George's Hall.04.12.2014#2537886
December 4, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers the annual Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly in the Kremlin's St. George's Hall.04.12.2014#2537885
December 4, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers the annual Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly in the Kremlin's St. George's Hall.04.12.2014#2537884
December 4, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers the annual Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly in the Kremlin's St. George's Hall.04.12.2014#2537865
December 4, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers the annual Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly in the Kremlin's St. George's Hall.04.12.2014#2537862
December 4, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers the annual Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly in the Kremlin's St. George's Hall.04.12.2014#2537854
December 4, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers the annual Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly in the Kremlin's St. George's Hall.04.12.2014#2537853
December 4, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers the annual Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly in the Kremlin's St. George's Hall.04.12.2014#2537847
December 4, 2014. From left: Russian Minister of Labor and Social Security Maxim Topilin, Central Bank Chairperson Elvira Nabiullina, Olga Batalina, chairperson of the State Duma Committee for Labor, Social Policy and Veterans' Affairs, and Minister of North Caucasus Affairs Lev Kuznetsov before the annual Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly in the Kremlin's St. George's Hall.04.12.2014#2537845
December 4, 2014. Rosneft CEO and deputy chairman of the management board Igor Sechin, center, before the annual Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly in the Kremlin's St. George's Hall.04.12.2014#2537843
December 4, 2014. Federation Council members before the annual Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly in the Kremlin's St. George's Hall.04.12.2014#2537841
