Symbolic welding of the junction of Russian and European gas transport lines during the ceremony of kicking off the construction of the Nord Stream pipeline in Portovaya Bay.09.04.2010#622172
Gazprom CEO Aleksei Miller (left) participating in the kick-off ceremony of Nord Stream pipeline construction09.04.2010#622171
European Energy Commissioner Gunter Ottinger during the kick-off ceremony of Nord Stream pipeline construction09.04.2010#622169
German ex-Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, chairman of the Nord Stream AG shareholders' board, making statement at the ceremony of starting the pipeline's construction.09.04.2010#622167
April 9, 2010. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev lays flowers at the statue of Peter the Great in Vyborg.09.04.2010#622116
April 9, 2010. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (second right) meets with Vyborg residents at the Petrovskaya Square. Right: Governor of the Leningrad Region Valery Serdyukov.09.04.2010#622114
April 9, 2010. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev lays flowers at the statue of Peter the Great in Vyborg.09.04.2010#622113
President Dmitry Medvedev (center) visiting the Vyborg shipyard, April 9, 2010. Left: Valeriy Levchenko, director-general of the Vyborg shipyard. Right: Valeriy Serdyukov, governor of the Leningrad Region.09.04.2010#622057
President Dmitry Medvedev (center) visiting the Vyborg shipyard, April 9, 2010. Left: Valeriy Levchenko, director-general of the Vyborg shipyard. Right: Valeriy Serdyukov, governor of the Leningrad Region.09.04.2010#622056
President Dmitry Medvedev (center) visiting the Vyborg shipyard, April 9, 2010. Left: Valeriy Levchenko, director-general of the Vyborg shipyard. Right: Valeriy Serdyukov, governor of the Leningrad Region.09.04.2010#622054
President Dmitry Medvedev (center) visiting the Vyborg shipyard, April 9, 2010. Left: Valeriy Levchenko, director-general of the Vyborg shipyard. Right: Valeriy Serdyukov, governor of the Leningrad Region.09.04.2010#622053
President Dmitry Medvedev (center) visiting the Vyborg shipyard, April 9, 2010. Left: Valeriy Levchenko, director-general of the Vyborg shipyard. Right: Valeriy Serdyukov, governor of the Leningrad Region.09.04.2010#622052
