Chechen Republic Speaker Dukuvakhi Abdurakhmanov attending the Council of Legislators meeting convened in the Kremlin, July 14, 2010.

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From left: Alexander Khloponin, Vice-Prime Minister, the President's Representative in the North-Caucasian Federal District, and Anatoly Kvashnin, the President's Representative in the Siberian Federal District, attending the Council of Legislators meeting convened in the Kremlin, July 14, 2010.

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Left, background: Farid Mukhametshin, Tatarstan State Council Speaker, attending the Council of Legislators meeting convened in the Kremlin, July 14, 2010.

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Right, background: Valery Aksakov, Moscow Regional Duma Speaker, attending the Council of Legislators convened in the Kremlin, July 14, 2010. Left: Chechen Republic Speaker Dukuvakhi Abdurakhmanov.

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Center, background: Russian Federation Council Speaker Sergei Mironov attending the Council of Legislators meeting convened in the Kremlin, July 14, 2010. Left: Chechen Republic Speaker Dukuvakhi Abdurakhmanov.

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Moscow City Duma Speaker Vladimir Platonov (left) attending the Council of Legislators meeting convened in the Kremlin, July 14, 2010.

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President Dmitry Medvedev seen in the Kremlin before a Council of Legislators meeting

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President Dmitry Medvedev seen in the Kremlin before a Council of Legislators meeting

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July 14, 2010. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, right, speaking at a meeting of the Council of Legislators on anti-corruption measures held at the Kremlin. Left: Sergei Mironov, chairman of the Council of Federation.

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July 14, 2010. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, left, speaking at a meeting of the Council of Legislators on anti-corruption measures held at the Kremlin. Right: Sergei Naryshkin, Head of the Presidential Executive Office.

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July 14, 2010. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, right, speaking at a meeting of the Council of Legislators on anti-corruption measures held at the Kremlin.

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July 14, 2010. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, right, speaking at a meeting of the Council of Legislators on anti-corruption measures held at the Kremlin. Left: Sergei Mironov, chairman of the Council of Federation.

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July 14, 2010. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, center right, speaking at a meeting of the Council of Legislators on anti-corruption measures held at the Kremlin.

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July 14, 2010. Dmitry Medvedev attends a meeting of the Council of Legislators held at the Kremlin.

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July 14, 2010. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, left, and Sergei Naryshkin, Head of the Presidential Executive Office, right, at a meeting of the Council of Legislators at the Kremlin.

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