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Valentina Ivanovna Matviyenko (née Tyutina, born 7 April 1949), is a Russian politician who was Governor of Saint Petersburg from 2003 to 2011. She is Chairman of the Federation Council since 2011. She is the highest-ranking female politician in Russia.
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Deputy Prime Minister Valentina Matviyenko signs joint documents in Greece on behalf of the Russian Federation while accompanying President Vladimir Putin.
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French President Jacques Chirac, Chancellor of Germany Gerhard Schroeder and Valentina Matviyenko during the celebration of the 300th anniversary of Saint Petersburg in 2003.
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Vladimir Putin and Valentina Matviyenko in 2008.
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The Saint Petersburg Dam was completed when Matviyenko was in office. The dam is the last part of the Saint Petersburg Ring Road, with the longest sub-sea tunnel in Russia going below the dam's largest lock.
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The construction of the Saint Petersburg Metro gained pace under Matviyenko. (Obvodny Kanal, the newest station, is shown).
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The celebration of the graduation from school, the Scarlet Sails, rose to a new scale under Matviyenko and began to be broadcast nationwide.
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A collage showing how the controversial Okhta Center skyscraper would look beside the historic Smolny Cathedral by Bartolomeo Rastrelli.
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Valentina Matviyenko (top left) on the 80th birthday of singer Lyudmila Zykina (center). Standing (l-r): Matviyenko, S. Morgunova, E. Bystritskaya, S. Medvedeva, V. Tereshkova, Yu. Borisova, I. Rodnina. Sitting (l-r): G. Volchek, A. Pakhmutova, Zykina, S. Druzhinina, E. Obraztsova.