December 2, 2016. Literary critic,prose writer and member of the jury of the literary prize "Yasnaya Polyana" Valentin Kurbatov at the joint meeting of the presidential councils on culture and art and the Russian language in St. Petersburg.02.12.2016#2985813
December 2, 2016. Art Director of the St. Petersburg State Academic Ballet Theater Boris Eifman (left), General Director of the TASS news agency Sergei Mikhailov (center), and Vice President of the Fund for Social and Cultural Initiatives, Merited Worker of Arts of Russia Tatyana Shumova (right) during President Vladimir Putin's meeting in the Mariinsky Theater with Russian and foreign cultural figures that are implementing joined projects.02.12.2016#2985772
December 2, 2016. Chairman of the Union of Filmmakers, film director Nikita Mikhalkov (left) and Art Director of the State Theater of Nations Yevgeny Mironov at the opening ceremony of the 5th St. Petersburg International Cultural Forum on the new stage of the Mariinsky Theater.02.12.2016#2985733
Art Director of the State Theater of Nations Yevgeny Mironov at the opening ceremony of the 5th St. Petersburg International Cultural Forum on the new stage of the Mariinsky Theater.02.12.2016#2985729
December 2, 2016. Chairman of the Union of Russian Filmmakers and film director Nikita Mikhalkov, left, and artistic director of the State Theater of Nations Yevgeny Mironov at the opening ceremony of the 5th St. Petersburg International Cultural Forum on the new stage of the Mariinsky Theater.02.12.2016#2985723
December 2, 2016. General director of the State Hermitage Museum Mikhail Piotrovsky, left, and artistic director of the St. Petersburg Circus on Fontanka Vyacheslav Polunin at the opening ceremony of the 5th St. Petersburg International Cultural Forum on the new stage of the Mariinsky Theater.02.12.2016#2985719
December 2, 2016. Artistic director of the State Theater of Nations Yevgeny Mironov at the opening ceremony of the 5th St. Petersburg International Cultural Forum on the new stage of the Mariinsky Theater.02.12.2016#2985715
December 2, 2016. Actor, film director and producer Fyodor Bondarchuk and actress Paulina Andreyeva at the opening ceremony of the 5th St. Petersburg International Cultural Forum on the new stage of the Mariinsky Theater.02.12.2016#2985714
December 2, 2016. Actor, film director and producer Fyodor Bondarchuk and actress Paulina Andreyeva at the opening ceremony of the 5th St. Petersburg International Cultural Forum on the new stage of the Mariinsky Theater.02.12.2016#2985713
December 2, 2016. Actress Alisa Freindlich at the opening ceremony of the 5th St. Petersburg International Cultural Forum on the new stage of the Mariinsky Theater.02.12.2016#2985704
December 2, 2016. People's Artist of Russia Oleg Basilashvili, right, and Russian film director and screenwriter Alexander Sokurov at the opening ceremony of the 5th St. Petersburg International Cultural Forum on the new stage of the Mariinsky Theater.02.12.2016#2985700
December 2, 2016. Artistic director of the St. Petersburg Circus on Fontanka Vyacheslav Polunin, left, and People's Artist of Russia Oleg Basilashvili at the opening ceremony of the 5th St. Petersburg International Cultural Forum on the new stage of the Mariinsky Theater.02.12.2016#2985697
December 2, 2016. Artistic director of the St. Petersburg Circus on Fontanka Vyacheslav Polunin, People's Artist of Russia Oleg Basilashvili, and Russian film director and screenwriter Alexander Sokurov at the opening ceremony of the 5th St. Petersburg International Cultural Forum on the new stage of the Mariinsky Theater.02.12.2016#2985692
December 2, 2016. Chairman of the Union of Russian Filmmakers and film director Nikita Mikhalkov, left, and artistic director of the State Theater of Nations Yevgeny Mironov at the opening ceremony of the 5th St. Petersburg International Cultural Forum on the new stage of the Mariinsky Theater.02.12.2016#2985684
December 2, 2016. From left: Chairman of the Union of Russian Filmmakers and film director Nikita Mikhalkov, artistic director of the State Theater of Nations Yevgeny Mironov, and film director and producer Timur Bekmambetov at the opening ceremony of the 5th St. Petersburg International Cultural Forum on the new stage of the Mariinsky Theater.02.12.2016#2985667
December 2, 2016. Chairman of the Union of Russian Filmmakers and film director Nikita Mikhalkov at the opening ceremony of the 5th St. Petersburg International Cultural Forum on the new stage of the Mariinsky Theater.02.12.2016#2985664
December 2, 2016. Film director and producer Timur Bekmambetov at the opening ceremony of the 5th St. Petersburg International Cultural Forum on the new stage of the Mariinsky Theater.02.12.2016#2985663
December 2, 2016. President Vladimir Putin at the meeting with Russian and foreign cultural figures that are implementing joint projects in the Mariinsky Theater. On the right: Minister of Culture Vladimir Medinsky.02.12.2016#2985654
December 2, 2016. President Vladimir Putin at the meeting with Russian and foreign cultural figures that are implementing joint projects in the Mariinsky Theater.02.12.2016#2985635
December 2, 2016. President Vladimir Putin at the meeting in the Mariinsky Theater with Russian and foreign cultural figures that are implementing joint projects.02.12.2016#2985631
December 2, 2016. President Vladimir Putin at the meeting in the Mariinsky Theater with Russian and foreign cultural figures that are implementing joint projects. Third left -- Chairman of the Russian Union of Filmmakers Nikita Mikhalkov.02.12.2016#2985629
December 2, 2016. Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at the opening ceremony of the 5th St. Petersburg International Cultural Forum on the new stage of the Mariinsky Theater.02.12.2016#2985616
December 2, 2016. President Vladimir Putin at the concert during the opening ceremony of the 5th St. Petersburg International Cultural Forum on the new stage of the Mariinsky Theater.02.12.2016#2985615
December 2, 2016. President Vladimir Putin at the concert during the opening ceremony of the 5th St. Petersburg International Cultural Forum on the new stage of the Mariinsky Theater.02.12.2016#2985614
December 2, 2016. President Vladimir Putin at the concert during the opening ceremony of the 5th St. Petersburg International Cultural Forum on the new stage of the Mariinsky Theater.02.12.2016#2985613
December 2, 2016. President Vladimir Putin at the meeting in the Mariinsky Theater with Russian and foreign cultural figures that participate in joint cultural projects. On the right: Vice President of the Fund for Social and Cultural Initiatives, Merited Worker of Arts of Russia Tatyana Shumova.02.12.2016#2985612
December 2, 2016. President Vladimir Putin at the meeting with Russian and foreign cultural figures that are implementing joint projects in the Mariinsky Theater.02.12.2016#2985610
December 2, 2016. President Vladimir Putin at the opening ceremony of the 5th St. Petersburg International Cultural Forum on the new stage of the Mariinsky Theater.02.12.2016#2985602
December 2, 2016. President Vladimir Putin at the opening ceremony of the 5th St. Petersburg International Cultural Forum on the new stage of the Mariinsky Theater.02.12.2016#2985601
December 2, 2016. President Vladimir Putin at the opening ceremony of the 5th St. Petersburg International Cultural Forum on the new stage of the Mariinsky Theater.02.12.2016#2985598
December 2, 2016. Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at the opening ceremony of the 5th St. Petersburg International Cultural Forum on the new stage of the Mariinsky Theater.02.12.2016#2985596
December 2, 2016. Coordinator of the Architectural Oversight Public Movement Konstantin Mikhailov (right) in St. Petersburg after the joint meeting of the Presidential Council for Culture and Art and the Presidential Council on the Russian Language.02.12.2016#2985595
December 2, 2016. Mariinsky Theater artistic director and chief conductor Valery Gergiyev, right, and Russian film director and screenwriter Alexander Sokurov after the joint meeting of the Presidential Council for Culture and Art and the Presidential Council for the Russian Language in St. Petersburg.02.12.2016#2985578
December 2, 2016. Russian Presidential Adviser on Culture Vladimir Tolstoy at the joint meeting of the Presidential Council for Culture and Art and the Presidential Council for the Russian Language in St. Petersburg.02.12.2016#2985575
December 2, 2016. Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida during a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg.02.12.2016#2985460
December 2, 2016. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida, right, during their meeting in St. Petersburg. Left: Presidential Aide Yury Ushakov.02.12.2016#2985455
December 2, 2016. Russian President Vladimir Putin during a meeting with Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida in St. Petersburg.02.12.2016#2985450
December 2, 2016. Russian President Vladimir Putin during a meeting with Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida in St. Petersburg. Left: Presidential Aide Yury Ushakov.02.12.2016#2985449
December 2, 2016. Russian Presidential Adviser on Culture Vladimir Tolstoy and Minister of Education and Science Olga Vasilyeva at the joint meeting of the Presidential Council for Culture and Art and the Presidential Council for the Russian Language in St. Petersburg.02.12.2016#2985334
December 2, 2016. Rector of the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet Nikolai Tsiskaridze at the joint meeting of the Presidential Council for Culture and Art and the Presidential Council for the Russian Language in St. Petersburg.02.12.2016#2985327
December 2, 2016. Music conductor Yury Bashmet at the joint meeting of the Presidential Council for Culture and Art and the Presidential Council for the Russian Language in St. Petersburg.02.12.2016#2985326
December 2, 2016. Russian Minister of Education and Science Olga Vasilyeva at the joint meeting of the Presidential Council for Culture and Art and the Presidential Council for the Russian Language in St. Petersburg.02.12.2016#2985325
December 2, 2016. Director of Russian State Archive of Literature and Art Tatyana Goryayeva and Dostoyevsky Fund president Igor Volgin at the joint meeting of the Presidential Council for Culture and Art and the Presidential Council for the Russian Language in St. Petersburg.02.12.2016#2985323
December 2, 2016. Valery Gergiev, left, artistic director and principal conductor of the Mariinsky Theater, and film director Alexei German Jr. attend a joint meeting of the Presidential Council for Culture and Arts and the Presidential Council on the Russian Language, St. Petersburg.02.12.2016#2985296
December 2, 2016. Russian President Vladimir Putin takes part in the launching of the central section of the Western High-Speed Diameter, a toll highway of the North-South international transport corridor, St. Petersburg. From left: Sergei Gorkov, head of the State Corporation "Bank for Development and Foreign Economic Affairs (Vnesheconombank)" and Andrei Kostin, president, chairman of the management board, VTB Bank. From right: Alexei Bnatov, CEO, Northern Capital Highway, and Italian Ambassador to Russia Cesare Maria Ragaglini.02.12.2016#2985295
December 2, 2016. Russian President Vladimir Putin takes part in the launching of the central section of the Western High-Speed Diameter, a toll highway of the North-South international transport corridor, St. Petersburg. .02.12.2016#2985294
December 2, 2016. Valery Gergiev, artistic director and principal conductor of the Mariinsky Theater, attends a joint meeting of the Presidential Council for Culture and Arts and the Presidential Council on the Russian Language, St. Petersburg.02.12.2016#2985277
December 2, 2016. From left: Sergei Kirienko, First Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office, Russian Minister of Culture Vladimir Medinsky and Deputy Prime Minister Olga Golodets seen here prior to a joint meeting of the Presidential Council for Culture and Arts and the Presidential Council on the Russian Language, St. Petersburg.02.12.2016#2985266
December 2, 2016. Russian Minister of Culture Vladimir Medinsky attends a joint meeting of the Presidential Council for Culture and Arts and the Presidential Council on the Russian Language, St. Petersburg.02.12.2016#2985242
December 2, 2016. Yevgeny Mironov, artistic director of the State Theater of the Nations, speaks at a joint meeting of the Presidential Council for Culture and Arts and the Presidential Council on the Russian Language, St. Petersburg.02.12.2016#2985239
December 2, 2016. Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a joint meeting of the Presidential Council for Culture and Arts and the Presidential Council on the Russian Language, St. Petersburg.02.12.2016#2985151
December 2, 2016. Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a joint meeting of the Presidential Council for Culture and Arts and the Presidential Council on the Russian Language, St. Petersburg.02.12.2016#2985150
December 2, 2016. Russian President Vladimir Putin takes part in the launching of the central section of the Western High-Speed Diameter, a toll highway of the North-South international transport corridor, St. Petersburg. From right: Igor Lukyanov, CEO, Western High-Speed Diameter; Alexei Bnatov, CEO, Northern Capital Highway. From left: Sergei Gorkov, head of the State Corporation "Bank for Development and Foreign Economic Affairs (Vnesheconombank)" and Andrei Kostin, president, chairman of the management board, VTB Bank.02.12.2016#2985149
December 2, 2016. Russian President Vladimir Putin takes part in the launching of the central section of the Western High-Speed Diameter, a toll highway of the North-South international transport corridor, St. Petersburg.02.12.2016#2985147
December 2, 2016. Russian President Vladimir Putin takes part in the launching of the central section of the Western High-Speed Diameter, a toll highway of the North-South international transport corridor, St. Petersburg. Right: Alexei Bnatov, left, CEO, Northern Capital Highway.02.12.2016#2985146
December 2, 2016. Russian President Vladimir Putin takes part in the launching of the central section of the Western High-Speed Diameter, a toll highway of the North-South international transport corridor, St. Petersburg. Left: Andrei Kostin, president, chairman of the management board, VTB Bank.02.12.2016#2985141
December 2, 2016. From left: Igor Lukyanov, CEO, Western High-Speed Diameter; Alexei Bnatov, CEO, Northern Capital Highway, and Andrei Kostin, president, chairman of the management board, VTB Bank, seen here prior to the launching of the central section of the Western High-Speed Diameter, a toll highway of the North-South international transport corridor, St. Petersburg.02.12.2016#2985140
December 2, 2016. Alexei Bnatov, left, CEO, Northern Capital Highway, and Andrei Kostin, president, chairman of the management board, VTB Bank, seen here prior to the launching of the central section of the Western High-Speed Diameter, a toll highway of the North-South international transport corridor, St. Petersburg.02.12.2016#2985138
December 2, 2016. Russian President Vladimir Putin takes part in the launching of the central section of the Western High-Speed Diameter, a toll highway of the North-South international transport corridor, St. Petersburg. From left: Sergei Gorkov, head of the State Corporation "Bank for Development and Foreign Economic Affairs (Vnesheconombank)" and Andrei Kostin, president, chairman of the management board, VTB Bank. From right in the background: Nikolai Tsukanov, Presidential Envoy to the Western Federal District and Italian Ambassador to Russia Cesare Maria Ragaglini.02.12.2016#2985101
December 2, 2016. Sergei Gorkov, head of the State Corporation "Bank for Development and Foreign Economic Affairs (Vnesheconombank)" and Andrei Kostin, president, chairman of the management board, VTB Bank. From right in the background: Nikolai Tsukanov, Presidential Envoy to the Western Federal District and Italian Ambassador to Russia Cesare Maria Ragaglini.02.12.2016#2985074
