“Independent course”: what Putin said in the message to the Federal Assembly
{{$root.cfg.modules.slider.galleryTable_3830955.stepNow *12 +1}} – 12 from {{$root.cfg.modules.slider.gallery_3830955.sliderLength-1}} {{$root.cfg.modules.slider.galleryTable_3830955.stepNow *12 +1}} – 24 from {{$root.cfg.modules.slider.gallery_3830955.sliderLength-1}} {{$root.cfg.modules.slider.galleryTable_3830955.stepNow *12 +1}} – 32 {{$root.cfg.modules.slider.gallery_3830955.sliderLength-1}} Russian President Vladimir Putin before the beginning of the speech with the annual address to the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation in the Kremlin © Mikhail Metzel/TASS © Mikhail Klimentyev/press service of the Russian President/TASS The speaker of the Federation Council Valentina Matvienko and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, the speaker of the state Duma Vyacheslav Volodin and the Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia Kirill © Dmitry Astakhov/press service of the Russian government/TASS © Mikhail Metzel/TASS Member of the state Duma Committee on energy, Alexander Karelin © Alexei Druzhinin/press-service of the Russian President/TASS © Alexei Druzhinin/press-service of the Russian President/TASS © Artyom Korotayev/TASS First Deputy Chairman of the state Duma Committee on ecology and environment protection Nikolai Valuev © Alexei Druzhinin/press-service of the Russian President/TASS © Artyom Korotayev/TASS Prime