September 6, 2011. From right: Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin held a working meeting with St. Petersburg Governor Georgy Poltavchenko in the Konstantinovsky Palace.06.09.2011#954926
September 6, 2011. Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin held a working meeting with St. Petersburg Governor Georgy Poltavchenko in the Konstantinovsky Palace.06.09.2011#954925
September 6, 2011. From right: Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin held a working meeting with St. Petersburg Governor Georgy Poltavchenko in the Konstantinovsky Palace.06.09.2011#954924
September 6, 2011. From right: Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin held a working meeting with St. Petersburg Governor Georgy Poltavchenko in the Konstantinovsky Palace.06.09.2011#954923
St. Petersburg Governor Georgy Poltavchenko during the working meeting with Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin held at the Konstantinovsky Palace.06.09.2011#954922
September 6, 2011. From right: Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin held a working meeting with St. Petersburg Governor Georgy Poltavchenko in the Konstantinovsky Palace.06.09.2011#954921
September 6, 2011. From right: Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin held a working meeting with Novosibirsk Region Governor Vasily Yurchenko at the Konstantinovsky Palace.06.09.2011#954916
September 6, 2011. From left: Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin held a working meeting with Novosibirsk Region Governor Vasily Yurchenko at the Konstantinovsky Palace.06.09.2011#954914
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (center, foreground) visiting the gas compressor station "Portovaya", September 6, 2011. Left, foreground: German ex-Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, head of the Nord Stream operator-company's council of share-holders.06.09.2011#954811
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (right, foreground) visiting the gas compressor station "Portovaya", September 6, 2011.06.09.2011#954810
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (right, foreground) visiting the gas compressor station "Portovaya", September 6, 2011.06.09.2011#954809
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (fifth right, background) meeting with the personnel of the gas compressor station "Portovaya", September 6, 2011.06.09.2011#954808
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (right, background) meeting with the personnel of the gas compressor station "Portovaya", September 6, 2011. Second left, background: German ex-Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, head of the Nord Stream operator-company's council of share-holders.06.09.2011#954807
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (right, background) meeting with the personnel of the gas compressor station "Portovaya", September 6, 2011. Left, background: German ex-Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, head of the Nord Stream operator-company's council of share-holders.06.09.2011#954806
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (second left, background) meeting with the personnel of the gas compressor station "Portovaya", September 6, 2011. Left, fbackground: German ex-Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, head of the Nord Stream operator-company's council of share-holders.06.09.2011#954805
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (sixth right) meeting with the personnel of the gas compressor station "Portovaya", September 6, 2011.06.09.2011#954804
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (center, foreground) visiting the gas compressor station "Portovaya", September 6, 2011. Right, foreground: German ex-Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, head of the Nord Stream operator-company's council of share-holders.06.09.2011#954803
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (center, foreground) visiting the gas compressor station "Portovaya", September 6, 2011. Right, foreground: Gazprom CEO Aleksei Miller. Left, foreground: German ex-Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder.06.09.2011#954780
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin visiting the gas compressor station "Portovaya", September 6, 2011.06.09.2011#954779
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (right) visiting the gas compressor station "Portovaya", September 6, 2011. left: Gazprom CEO Aleksei Miller.06.09.2011#954778
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (second right, foreground) visiting the gas compressor station "Portovaya", September 6, 2011. Right, foreground: Gazprom CEO Aleksei Miller. Left, foreground: German ex-Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder.06.09.2011#954777
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (second left, foreground) visiting the gas compressor station "Portovaya", September 6, 2011. Right, foreground: Gazprom CEO Aleksei Miller. Left, foreground: German ex-Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder.06.09.2011#954776
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (foreground) visiting the gas compressor station "Portovaya", September 6, 2011. Background: Gazprom CEO Aleksei Miller.06.09.2011#954775
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (center, foreground) visiting the gas compressor station "Portovaya", September 6, 2011. Left, foreground: Gazprom CEO Aleksei Miller. Right, foreground: German ex-Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder.06.09.2011#954774
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (center, foreground) visiting the gas compressor station "Portovaya", September 6, 2011. Left, foreground: Gazprom CEO Aleksei Miller. Right, foreground: German ex-Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder.06.09.2011#954773
From left, foreground: Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and Gazprom CEO Aleksei Miller handshaking at the gas compressor station "Portovaya", September 6, 2011. Right, medium ground: German ex-Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder. Right, background: Transneft Head Nikolai Tokarev.06.09.2011#954772
From left: German ex-Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and Russian Vice-Prime Minister Igor Sechin handshaking at the gas compressor station "Portovaya"06.09.2011#954769
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin observing at the gas compressor station "Portovaya" the launch of gas supply to the Nord Stream gas-main's maritime strip, September 6, 2011. Second right: Gazprom CEO Aleksei Miller. Third left, foreground: German ex-Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder.06.09.2011#954755
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (second left, foreground) observing at the gas compressor station "Portovaya" the launch of gas supply to the Nord Stream gas-main's maritime strip, September 6, 2011. Right: Transneft Head Nikolai Tokarev. Left, background: Gazprom CEO Aleksei Miller. Third left, foreground: German ex-Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder. Second right: Vice-Prime Minister Igor Sechin.06.09.2011#954754
From left: Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and Gazprom CEO Aleksei Miller observing the Nord Stream Project information mount at the gas compressor station "Portovaya", September 6, 2011.06.09.2011#954753
From left: Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and Gazprom CEO Aleksei Miller talking while visiting the gas compressor station "Portovaya", September 6, 2011.06.09.2011#954752
From left: Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and Gazprom CEO Aleksei Miller talking while visiting the gas compressor station "Portovaya", September 6, 2011.06.09.2011#954751
Gazprom CEO Aleksei Miller (pictured) meeting with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin at the gas compressor station "Portovaya".06.09.2011#954750
From left: Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and Gazprom CEO Aleksei Miller talking while visiting the gas compressor station "Portovaya", September 6, 2011.06.09.2011#954748
From left: Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and Gazprom CEO Aleksei Miller observing the Nord Stream Project information mount at the gas compressor station "Portovaya", September 6, 2011.06.09.2011#954739
From left: Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and Gazprom CEO Aleksei Miller observing the Nord Stream Project information mount at the gas compressor station "Portovaya", September 6, 2011.06.09.2011#954738