From left: Russian Regional Development Minister Viktor Basargin, Emergencies Minister Sergei Shoigu and Sakhalin Region Governor Alexander Khoroshavin at a meeting on enhancing the seismic resistance of housing, essential projects and vital service systems in earthquake-prone areas, chaired by Prime Minister and president elect Vladimir Putin at the Government Situations Center.

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Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov, left, and Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak at a meeting on enhancing the seismic resistance of housing, essential projects and vital service systems in earthquake-prone areas, chaired by Prime Minister and president elect Vladimir Putin at the Government Situations Center.

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Dmitry Gogin, head of the Federal Agency for State Reserves, at a meeting on enhancing the seismic resistance of housing, essential projects and vital service systems in earthquake-prone areas, chaired by Prime Minister and president elect Vladimir Putin at the Government Situations Center.

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Sakhalin Region Governor Alexander Khoroshavin at a meeting on enhancing the seismic resistance of housing, essential projects and vital service systems in earthquake-prone areas, chaired by Prime Minister and president elect Vladimir Putin at the Government Situations Center.

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Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak at a meeting on enhancing the seismic resistance of housing, essential projects and vital service systems in earthquake-prone areas, chaired by Prime Minister and president elect Vladimir Putin at the Government Situations Center.

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Russian Emergencies Minister Sergei Shoigu at a meeting on enhancing the seismic resistance of housing, essential projects and vital service systems in earthquake-prone areas, chaired by Prime Minister and president elect Vladimir Putin at the Government Situations Center.

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Russian Regional Development Minister Viktor Basargin, left, and Emergencies Minister Sergei Shoigu at a meeting on enhancing the seismic resistance of housing, essential projects and vital service systems in earthquake-prone areas, chaired by Prime Minister and president elect Vladimir Putin at the Government Situations Center.

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March 21, 2012. Russian Prime Minister and president-elect Vladimir Putin, fifth right, chairs a meeting on enhancing the seismic resistance of housing, essential projects and vital service systems in earthquake-prone areas, at the Government Situations Center.

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March 21, 2012. Russian Prime Minister and president-elect Vladimir Putin, fifth right, chairs a meeting on enhancing the seismic resistance of housing, essential projects and vital service systems in earthquake-prone areas, at the Government Situations Center.

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March 21, 2012. Russian Prime Minister and president-elect Vladimir Putin, left, chairs a meeting on enhancing the seismic resistance of housing, essential projects and vital service systems in earthquake-prone areas, at the Government Situations Center. Right: Regional Development Minister Viktor Basargin.

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March 21, 2012. Russian Prime Minister and president-elect Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting on enhancing the seismic resistance of housing, essential projects and vital service systems in earthquake-prone areas, at the Government Situations Center.

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