Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin during his with Governor of Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Area Dmitry Kobylkin, 11 October 2010.

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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, left, meets with Governor of Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Area Dmitry Kobylkin, right, in Novy Urengoy earlier today, 11 October 2010.

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Governor of Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Area Dmitry Kobylkin during his meeting with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.

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October 11, 2010. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin chairing the Novy Urengoy conference on a general scheme draft for gas industry development until 2030. Left: Vice-Prime Minister Igor Sechin.

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October 11, 2010. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin chairing the Novy Urengoy conference on a general scheme draft for gas industry development until 2030.

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October 11, 2010. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin chairing the Novy Urengoy conference on a general scheme draft for gas industry development until 2030.

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Vice-Prime Minister Igor Sechin to attend the Novy Urengoy conference on a general scheme draft for gas industry development until 2030.

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October 11, 2010. From left: Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and Energy Industry Minister Sergei Shmatko, and Yakutia-Sakha Prime Minister Yegor Borisov attending the Novy Urengoy conference on a general scheme draft for gas industry development until 2030.

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October 11, 2010. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (right) chairing the Novy Urengoy conference on a general scheme draft for gas industry development until 2030. Left:Vice-Prime Minister Igor Sechin.

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October 11, 2010. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin chairing the Novy Urengoy conference on a general scheme draft for gas industry development until 2030. Right: Energy Industry Minister Sergei Shmatko.

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October 11, 2010. From right: Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and Governor of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Area Dmitry Kobylkin visiting the Yurkharovskoye natural gas field.

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October 11, 2010. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin visiting the Yurkharovskoye natural gas field.

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October 11, 2010. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, left, and NOVATEK management board chairman Leonid Mikhelson visiting the Yurkharovskoye natural gas field.

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October 11, 2010. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, center, and Governor of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Area Dmitry Kobylkin, left, visiting the Yurkharovskoye natural gas field.

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October 11, 2010. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, center, and Governor of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Area Dmitry Kobylkin, left, visiting the Yurkharovskoye natural gas field.

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October 11, 2010. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, second left, arrives in the Yurkharovskoye natural gas field in a helicopter.

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