The 9th session of the Russian-US Commission on Economic and Technological Cooperation (Gore-|Chernomyrdin Commission). Samara hosted the second part of the commission's plenary meetings. The commission's co-chairs - US Vice-President Al Gore, left, and Russian Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin - arrived in Samara. Left: Al Gore visited the Samara Cable Shareholding Company during the commission's work. This company cooperates with Corning Independent of the United States in the sphere of telecommunications projects.