February 28, 2012. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, left, talks with the residents of the building that partially collapsed after a household gas explosion, Astrakhan.

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February 28, 2012. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, center, examined the site where a residential building collapsed after a household gas explosion in Astrakhan. Right: Russia's Deputy Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov. Left: Russia's Minister of Emergency Situations Sergei Shoigu. Background: Astrakhan Region Governor Alexander Zhilkin.

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February 28, 2012. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, right, examined the site where a residential building collapsed after a household gas explosion in Astrakhan. Left: Russia's Minister of Emergency Situations Sergei Shoigu. Background: Astrakhan Region Governor Alexander Zhilkin.

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February 28, 2012. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, center, examined the site where a residential building collapsed after a household gas explosion in Astrakhan. Right: Russia's Deputy Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov. Left: Russia's Minister of Emergency Situations Sergei Shoigu. Background: Astrakhan Region Governor Alexander Zhilkin.

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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (right) observing together with the tenants a number of apartments granted to the victims of the partial house collapse that occurred after a utility gas blast last Monday, February 28, 2012.

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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (right) observing together with the tenants a number of apartments granted to the victims of the partial house collapse that occurred after a utility gas blast last Monday, February 28, 2012.

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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (right) observing together with the tenants a number of apartments granted to the victims of the partial house collapse that occurred after a utility gas blast last Monday, February 28, 2012.

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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin seen together with the dwellers of the accident-stricken house, approaching the new residential area where several apartments have been granted to the victims, February 28, 2012.

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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin talking to dwellers of the house in Astrakhan that has partially collapsed after a utility gas blast, February 28, 2012

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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin conducting a briefing session at an Emergency Ministry makeshift tent, on the scene of the nine-story building's collapsed bloc in Astrakhan, February 28, 2012.

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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (second right) conducting a briefing session at an Emergency Ministry makeshift tent, on the scene of the nine-story building's collapsed bloc in Astrakhan, February 28, 2012. Right: Regional Development Minister Viktor Basargin.

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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (third right) conducting a briefing session at an Emergency Ministry makeshift tent, on the scene of the nine-story building's collapsed bloc in Astrakhan, February 28, 2012

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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (left) visiting the site of a house in Astrakhan, partially collapsed after a utility gas blast, February 28, 2012. Right: Deputy Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov.

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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (left) visiting the site of a house in Astrakhan, partially collapsed after a utility gas blast, February 28, 2012. From right: Astrakhan Region Governor Alexander Zhilkin and Deputy Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov.

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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (center) visiting the site of a house in Astrakhan, partially collapsed after a utility gas blast, February 28, 2012. Right: Deputy Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov. Left: Sergei Shoigu, Minister of Emergencies.

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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (right) visiting the site of a house in Astrakhan, partially collapsed after a utility gas blast, February 28, 2012. Left: Sergei Shoigu, Minister of Emergencies.

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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (center) visiting the site of a house in Astrakhan, partially collapsed after a utility gas blast, February 28, 2012. Right: Deputy Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov. Left: Sergei Shoigu, Minister of Emergencies.

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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (foreground) visiting the site of a house in Astrakhan, partially collapsed after a utility gas blast, February 28, 2012. Background: from left: Minister of Emergencies Sergei Shoigu, Astrakhan Region Governor Alexander Zhilkin and Deputy Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov.

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