December 8, 2009. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin examining the production complex for electric freight locomotives at the Urals Railway Engineering Plant in Verkhnaya Pyshma.

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December 8, 2009. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin examining the production complex for electric freight locomotives at the Urals Railway Engineering Plant in Verkhnaya Pyshma.

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December 8, 2009. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin examining the production complex for electric freight locomotives at the Urals Railway Engineering Plant in Verkhnaya Pyshma.

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December 8, 2009. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin examining the production complex for electric freight locomotives at the Urals Railway Engineering Plant in Verkhnaya Pyshma.

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December 8, 2009. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin examining the production complex for electric freight locomotives at the Urals Railway Engineering Plant in Verkhnaya Pyshma.

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December 8, 2009. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin inspected a special purpose vehicle Tigr (Tiger) together with Sverdlovsk Region Governor Alexander Misharin.

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December 8, 2009. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin inspected a special purpose vehicle Tigr (Tiger) together with Sverdlovsk Region Governor Alexander Misharin.

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December 8, 2009. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, left, during a meeting with Governor of the Sverdlovsk Region Alexander Misharin in Nizhny Tagil.

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December 8, 2009. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, left, during a meeting with Governor of the Sverdlovsk Region Alexander Misharin in Nizhny Tagil.

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December 8, 2009. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, left, foreground, and Governor of the Sverdlovsk Region Alexander Misharin, right, foreground, during a visit to Nizhny Tagil.

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December 8, 2009. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, center, and Governor of the Sverdlovsk Region Alexander Misharin in front of exhibits featuring plans to develop single-industry towns.

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December 8, 2009. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, left, and Governor of the Sverdlovsk Region Alexander Misharin during a visit to Nizhny Tagil.

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December 8, 2009. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, left, and Governor of the Sverdlovsk Region Alexander Misharin during a visit to Nizhny Tagil.

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December 8, 2009. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, left, and Governor of the Sverdlovsk Region Alexander Misharin during a visit to Nizhny Tagil.

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Military vehicles during maneuvers at the Staratel training area of Nizhny Tagil Institute of Metal Testing.

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Military vehicles during maneuvers at the Staratel training area of Nizhny Tagil Institute of Metal Testing.

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December 8, 2009. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, center, at a meeting on the provision of up-to-date armored vehicles and automotive equipment for the Russian Army.

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December 8, 2009. From left: Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov and Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov at a meeting on the provision of up-to-date armored vehicles and automotive equipment for the Russian Army, chaired by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in Nizhny Tagil.

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December 8, 2009. From left: Russian Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov, Governor of the Sverdlovsk Region Alexander Misharin, and Economic Development Minister Elvira Nabiullina at a meeting on the provision of up-to-date armored vehicles and automotive equipment for the Russian Army, chaired by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in Nizhny Tagil.

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December 8, 2009. From left: Russian Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, and Governor of the Sverdlovsk Region Alexander Misharin at the Staratel test ground at the Nizhny Tagil Institute of Metals Testing.

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December 8, 2009. From left: Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov, Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, and Governor of the Sverdlovsk Region Alexander Misharin watching armored vehicles at the Staratel test ground at the Nizhny Tagil Institute of Metals Testing.

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December 8, 2009. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, left, and Governor of the Sverdlovsk Region Alexander Misharin visiting the Staratel test ground at the Nizhny Tagil Institute of Metals Testing.

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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, center, with Urals Engineering Design Bureau CEO Vladimir Domnin, right, at Uralvagonzavod research and manufacturing company's unit assembling new generation Russian tanks - the gun-missile launcher-armed T-90 with reactive armor, 8 December 2009.

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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, center, with Urals Engineering Design Bureau CEO Vladimir Domnin, right, at Uralvagonzavod research and manufacturing company's unit assembling new generation Russian tanks - the gun-missile launcher-armed T-90 with reactive armor, 8 December 2009.

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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, center, with Urals Engineering Design Bureau CEO Vladimir Domnin, right, at Uralvagonzavod research and manufacturing company's unit where new generation Russian tanks - the gun-missile launcher-armed T-90 with reactive armor, are assembled 8 December 2009.

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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin accompanied by Urals Engineering Design Bureau CEO Vladimir Domnin, right, at Uralvagonzavod research and manufacturing company's unit where new generation Russian tanks - the gun-missile launcher-armed T-90 with reactive armor, are assembled 8 December 2009.

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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, accompanied by Urals Engineering Design Bureau CEO Vladimir Domnin, right, at Uralvagonzavod research and manufacturing company's unit where new generation Russian tanks - the gun-missile launcher-armed T-90 with reactive armor, are assembled. 8 December 2009.

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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin at Uralvagonzavod research and manufacturing company's unit where new generation Russian tanks - the gun-missile launcher-armed T-90 with reactive armor, are assembled. 8 December 2009.

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December 8, 2009. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, left, at Koltsovo airport in Yekaterinburg. Right: Sverdlovsk Region Governor Alexander Misharin.

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December 8, 2009. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin descending aircraft ladder at Koltsovo airport in Yekaterinburg. Right: Sverdlovsk Region Governor Alexander Misharin.

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