![Putin kicks off trial boring at West Alpha oil rig in Kara Sea](https://img.sputnikimages.com/images/vol2%2Fmedia%2Foriginal%2Fold%2F247%2F42%2F2474224_hires_0%3A0%3A0%3A0_1400x1000_80_10_1_QWxleGVpIERydXpoaW5pbiAjMjQ3NDIyNA%3D%3D_116%3A95_sputnik-2474224-preview_900c5c017be88d76be71d57c75885ed4.jpg)
![Putin kicks off trial boring at West Alpha oil rig in Kara Sea](https://img.sputnikimages.com/images/vol2%2Fmedia%2Foriginal%2Fold%2F247%2F42%2F2474224_hires_0%3A0%3A0%3A0_1400x1000_80_10_1_QWxleGVpIERydXpoaW5pbiAjMjQ3NDIyNA%3D%3D_116%3A95_sputnik-2474224-preview_900c5c017be88d76be71d57c75885ed4.jpg)
August 9, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) is in his Bocharov Ruchey residence during a ceremony of launching trial boring at West Alpha oil rig on Russia's northernmost Universitetskaya-1 oil well in the Sea of Kara.
- Categories: Economy, Business & Finance, Politics, Science & Technology
- Location: Sochi, Krasnodar region, Russia
- Event date: 09.08.2014
- Date published: 09.08.2014
- Author: Alexei Druzhinin
- Credit: Sputnik
- Source: Sputnik
- Original: Digital
- Media: JPEG, 3567x2409px, 2.4Mb