Russian Army Chief of General Staff Valery Gerasimov listens to President Vladimir Putin, unseen, during a meeting with senior officials of the Defense Ministry and the Security Council Staff at the Bocharov Ruchei residence in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia, Monday, May 13, 2013. Putin said on Monday that the Russian armed forces have fulfilled their preset tasks during the recent large-scale military drills. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Druzhinin, Presidential Press Service)