July 31, 2009. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, center, visiting Chkalov Island in the Sea of Okhotsk while on his working trip to the Khabarovsk Territory. Background, second from left: Minister of Civil Defense, Emergencies and Disaster Relief Sergei Shoigu.

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July 31, 2009. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, left, background, visiting Chkalov Island in the Sea of Okhotsk while on his working trip to the Khabarovsk Territory.

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July 31, 2009. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, center, visiting Chkalov Island in the Sea of Okhotsk while on his working trip to the Khabarovsk Territory.

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July 31, 2009. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, left, foreground, visiting Chkalov Island in the Sea of Okhotsk while on his working trip to the Khabarovsk Territory.

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July 31, 2009. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, foreground, visiting Chkalov Island in the Sea of Okhotsk while on his working trip to the Khabarovsk Territory.

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July 31, 2009. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, center, visiting Chkalov Island in the Sea of Okhotsk while on his working trip to the Khabarovsk Territory.

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July 31, 2009. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, center, visiting Chkalov Island in the Sea of Okhotsk while on his working trip to the Khabarovsk Territory.

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July 31, 2009. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, center, visiting Chkalov Island in the Sea of Okhotsk while on his working trip to the Khabarovsk Territory.

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July 31, 2009. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, center, foreground, visiting Chkalov Island in the Sea of Okhotsk while on his working trip to the Khabarovsk Territory. Background: Minister of Civil Defense, Emergencies and Disaster Relief Sergei Shoigu.

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July 31, 2009. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, right, visiting Chkalov Island in the Sea of Okhotsk while on his working trip to the Khabarovsk Territory.

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July 31, 2009. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin visiting Chkalov Island in the Sea of Okhotsk while on his working trip to the Khabarovsk Territory.

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July 31, 2009. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin visiting Chkalov Island in the Sea of Okhotsk while on his working trip to the Khabarovsk Territory.

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July 31, 2009. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin visiting Chkalov Island in the Sea of Okhotsk while on his working trip to the Khabarovsk Territory.

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July 31, 2009. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin visiting Chkalov Island in the Sea of Okhotsk while on his working trip to the Khabarovsk Territory.

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July 31, 2009. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, center, visiting Chkalov Island in the Sea of Okhotsk while on his working trip to the Khabarovsk Territory.

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July 31, 2009. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, center, foreground, visiting Chkalov Island in the Sea of Okhotsk while on his working trip to the Khabarovsk Territory. Second from right: Minister of Civil Defense, Emergencies and Disaster Relief Sergei Shoigu.

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July 31, 2009. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, center, background, visiting Chkalov Island in the Sea of Okhotsk while on his working trip to the Khabarovsk Territory.

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July 31, 2009. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, right, visiting Chkalov Island in the Sea of Okhotsk while on his working trip to the Khabarovsk Territory.

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July 31, 2009. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, right, on a visit to the Far Eastern Federal District, giving an interview to Channel One.

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July 31, 2009. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, center, background, on a visit to the Far Eastern Federal District, giving an interview to Channel One.

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July 31, 2009. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, on a visit to the Far Eastern Federal District, giving an interview to Channel One.

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July 31, 2009. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, right, who arrived to the Far Eastern Federal District on a working trip, taking part in a ceremony to mark the beginning of the construction of the Sakhalin-Khabarovsk-Vladivostok trunk gas pipeline.

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July 31, 2009. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, who arrived to the Far Eastern Federal District on a working trip, taking part in a ceremony to mark the beginning of the construction of the Sakhalin-Khabarovsk-Vladivostok trunk gas pipeline.

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July 31, 2009. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, right, who arrived to the Far Eastern Federal District on a working trip, taking part in a ceremony to mark the beginning of the construction of the Sakhalin-Khabarovsk-Vladivostok trunk gas pipeline. Left: Gazprom deputy chairman Alexander Ananenkov.

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July 31, 2009. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, right, foreground, who arrived to the Far Eastern Federal District on a working trip, taking part in a ceremony to mark the beginning of the construction of the Sakhalin-Khabarovsk-Vladivostok trunk gas pipeline.

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July 31, 2009. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, background, left, signing documents following a meeting on monitoring the executive authorities’ implementation of the president and government’s instructions on the development of the Far Eastern region. Foreground, right: Vnesheconombank chairman Vladimir Dmitriyev.

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July 31, 2009. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, center, after signing documents following a meeting on monitoring the executive authorities’ implementation of the president and government’s instructions on the development of the Far Eastern region. Foreground, right: Vnesheconombank chairman Vladimir Dmitriyev.

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July 31, 2009. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, right, meeting with Kahabarovsk Territory Governor Vyacheslav Shport.

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July 31, 2009. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, center, chairing a meeting on monitoring the executive authorities’ implementation of the President and Government’s instructions on the development of the Far Eastern region.

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July 31, 2009. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, center, chairing a meeting on monitoring the executive authorities’ implementation of the President and Government’s instructions on the development of the Far Eastern region.

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July 31, 2009. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, left, chairing a meeting on monitoring the executive authorities’ implementation of the President and Government’s instructions on the development of the Far Eastern region.

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July 31, 2009. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, right, chairing a meeting on monitoring the executive authorities’ implementation of the President and Government’s instructions on the development of the Far Eastern region. Left: Regional Development Minister Viktor Basargin.

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July 31, 2009. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, center, chairing a meeting on monitoring the executive authorities’ implementation of the President and Government’s instructions on the development of the Far Eastern region.

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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, second right, on a working visit to the Far Eastern Federal District took part in the ceremony of launching Sakhalin-Khabarovsk-Vladivostok cross-country gas pipe-line construction. To the right is Gazprom deputy chairman Alexander Ananenkov; third right - President's envoy in the Far Eastern Federal District Victor Ishayev. 31 July 2009.

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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, right, on a working visit to the Far Eastern Federal District took part in the ceremony of launching Sakhalin-Khabarovsk-Vladivostok cross-country gas pipe-line construction. Second to the left is Gazprom deputy chairman Alexander Ananenkov; President's envoy in the Far Eastern Federal District Victor Ishayev is on the left. 31 July 2009.

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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, right, on a working visit to the Far Eastern Federal District took part in the ceremony of launching Sakhalin-Khabarovsk-Vladivostok cross-country gas pipe-line construction. Second on the right is Gazprom deputy chairman Alexander Ananenkov. 31 July 2009.

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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, second right, on a working visit to the Far Eastern Federal District took part in the ceremony of launching Sakhalin-Khabarovsk-Vladivostok cross-country gas pipe-line construction. 31 July 2009.

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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, second right, on a working visit to the Far Eastern Federal District took part in the ceremony of launching Sakhalin-Khabarovsk-Vladivostok cross-country gas pipe-line construction. 31 July 2009. personalities,

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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, center, on a working visit to the Far Eastern Federal District took part in the ceremony of launching Sakhalin-Khabarovsk-Vladivostok cross-country gas pipe-line construction. To the left is Gazprom deputy chairman Alexander Ananenkov; to the right - President's envoy in the Far Eastern Federal District Victor Ishayev. 31 July 2009.

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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, second left, on a working visit to the Far Eastern Federal District took part in the ceremony of launching Sakhalin-Khabarovsk-Vladivostok cross-country gas pipe-line construction. To the left is Gazprom deputy chairman Alexander Ananenkov; to the right - President's envoy in the Far Eastern Federal District Victor Ishayev. 31 July 2009.

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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, on a working visit to the Far Eastern Federal District, took part in the ceremony of launching Sakhalin-Khabarovsk-Vladivostok cross-country gas pipe-line construction. 31 July 2009.

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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, right in the background, on a working visit to the Far Eastern Federal District took part in the ceremony of launching Sakhalin-Khabarovsk-Vladivostok cross-country gas pipe-line construction. 31 July 2009. personalities,

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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, center in the foreground, on a working visit to the Far Eastern Federal District took part in the ceremony of launching Sakhalin-Khabarovsk-Vladivostok cross-country gas pipe-line construction. 31 July 2009.

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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, foreground, on a working visit to the Far Eastern Federal District took part in the ceremony of launching Sakhalin-Khabarovsk-Vladivostok cross-country gas pipe-line construction. 31 July 2009.

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