Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin drives a Mercedes, foreground, while inspecting the new section of St. Petersburg Ring Road and Russia's largest tunnel, August 12, 2011.12.08.2011#943633
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin drives a Mercedes, foreground left, while inspecting the new section of St. Petersburg Ring Road and Russia's largest tunnel, August 12, 2011.12.08.2011#943632
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, left, tours the North-West Thermal Power Plant during his working visit to St. Petersburg, August 12, 2011.12.08.2011#943626
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, 3rd left, tours the North-West Thermal Power Plant during his working visit to St. Petersburg, August 12, 2011. 2nd left: St. Petersburg Governor Valentina Matviyenko.12.08.2011#943625
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, 3rd left, tours the North-West Thermal Power Plant during his working visit to St. Petersburg, August 12, 2011.12.08.2011#943624
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, center, tours the North-West Thermal Power Plant during his working visit to St. Petersburg, August 12, 2011.12.08.2011#943623
From left: Russian Regional Development Minister Viktor Basargin, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, St. Petersburg Governor Valentina Matviyenko and Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov visit the Osinovaya Roshcha residential district in St. Petersburg, August 12, 2011.12.08.2011#943622
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin tours the Osinovaya Roshcha during his working visit to St. Petersburg, August 12, 2011.12.08.2011#943621
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, foreground right, tours the Osinovaya Roshcha residential district during his working visit to St. Petersburg, August 12, 2011. Background, from right: St. Petersburg Governor Valentina Matviyenko and Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov.12.08.2011#943620
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, center, and Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov arrive to the Osinovaya Roshcha residential district during their visit to St. Petersburg, August 12, 2011.12.08.2011#943619
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin visiting St.Petersnburg's flood-proof works, August 12, 2011. Left: St.Petersburg Governor Valentina Matviyenko.12.08.2011#943568
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (second left) visiting St.Petersnburg's flood-proof works, August 12, 2011. Second right: Vice-Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak.12.08.2011#943567
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin visits St.Petersnburg's flood-proof works, August 12, 2011. Second right: Natural Resources Minister Yury Trutnev12.08.2011#943566
From left: Valentina Matviyenko, St.Petersburg Governor, Yury Trutnev, Minister of Natural Resources and Ecology, Sergei Ivanov, Vice-Prime Minister, Ilya Klebanov, the Russian President's Representative in the North-Western Federal District, and Viktor Basargin, Minister of Regional Development, seen at Petersburg's flood-proof works being vited by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.12.08.2011#943565
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin speaks at the opening of the flood-protection facilities complex in St. Petersburg, August 12, 2011.12.08.2011#943564
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, center, visits the flood-protection facilities complex in St. Petersburg, August 12, 2011. Right: Vladimir Kogan, representative of the Regional Development Ministry.12.08.2011#943563
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, right, visits the flood-protection facilities complex in St. Petersburg, August 12, 2011. Left: Vladimir Kogan, representative of the Regional Development Ministry.12.08.2011#943562