May 10, 2010. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev held an emergency video conference at the Gorki residence near Moscow to discuss the situation at the Raspadskaya coal mine with the key ministers and the rescue team working on-site. The Raspadskaya coal mine in the Kemerovo Region was hit by two underground explosions on the night of May 8-9.

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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, right, held an emergency video conference at the Gorki residence near Moscow on May 10, 2010 to discuss the situation at the Raspadskaya coal mine with the key ministers and the rescue team working on-site. The Raspadskaya coal mine in the Kemerovo Region was hit by two underground explosions on the night of May 8-9. From left: Minister of Healthcare and Social Development Tatyana Golikova and First Deputy Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov.

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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev held an emergency video conference at the Gorki residence near Moscow on May 10, 2010 to discuss the situation at the Raspadskaya coal mine with the key ministers and the rescue team working on-site. The Raspadskaya coal mine in the Kemerovo Region was hit by two underground explosions on the night of May 8-9.

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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, left, held an emergency video conference at the Gorki residence near Moscow on May 10, 2010 to discuss the situation at the Raspadskaya coal mine with the key ministers and the rescue team working on-site. The Raspadskaya coal mine in the Kemerovo Region was hit by two underground explosions on the night of May 8-9. From right: Prosecutor General Yury Chaika and Minister of Energy Sergei Shmatko.

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The participants of an emergency video conference, which Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, center, held at the Gorki residence near Moscow on May 10, 2010, observing a minute silence in memory of those who died in two blasts at the Raspadskaya coal mine in the Kemerovo Region. From left: Minister of Healthcare and Social Development Tatyana Golikova and First Deputy Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov; Prosecutor General Yury Chaika, right.

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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, center, held an emergency video conference at the Gorki residence near Moscow on May 10, 2010 to discuss the situation at the Raspadskaya coal mine with the key ministers and the rescue team working on-site. The Raspadskaya coal mine in the Kemerovo Region was hit by two underground explosions on the night of May 8-9. From left: Minister of Healthcare and Social Development Tatyana Golikova and First Deputy Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov; Prosecutor General Yury Chaika, right.

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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, right, held an emergency video conference at the Gorki residence near Moscow on May 10, 2010 to discuss the situation at the Raspadskaya coal mine with the key ministers and the rescue team working on-site. The Raspadskaya coal mine in the Kemerovo Region was hit by two underground explosions on the night of May 8-9. From left, foreground: Prosecutor General Yury Chaika, and Minister of Energy Sergei Shmatko; from left, middle: Minister of Healthcare and Social Development Tatyana Golikova and First Deputy Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov.

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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, left, held an emergency video conference at the Gorki residence near Moscow on May 10, 2010 to discuss the situation at the Raspadskaya coal mine with the key ministers and the rescue team working on-site. The Raspadskaya coal mine in the Kemerovo Region was hit by two underground explosions on the night of May 8-9. Minister of Energy Sergei Shmatko, right.

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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev held an emergency video conference at the Gorki residence near Moscow on May 10, 2010 to discuss the situation at the Raspadskaya coal mine with the key ministers and the rescue team working on-site. The Raspadskaya coal mine in the Kemerovo Region was hit by two underground explosions on the night of May 8-9.

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