Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (left) having a working meeting with Governor of the Republic of Khakassia Viktor Zimin in the administrative building of the Sayano-Shushenskaya Hydroelectric Plant on December 19, 2011.

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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (left) having a working meeting with Governor of the Republic of Khakassia Viktor Zimin in the administrative building of the Sayano-Shushenskaya Hydroelectric Plant on December 19, 2011.

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RusHydro CEO Yevgeny Dod (photo) at the meeting of the Government Commission on the Development of the Electric Power Industry held by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. The conference hall of the administration building of the Sayano-Shushenskaya Hydroelectric Power Plant.

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General Director of Basic Element company Oleg Deripaska at the meeting of the Government Commission on the Development of the Electric Power Industry held by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. The conference hall of the administration building of the Sayano-Shushenskaya Hydroelectric Power Plant.

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December 19, 2011. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (second right) holds a meeting of the Government Commission on the Development of the Electric Power Industry. The conference hall of the administration building of the Sayano-Shushenskaya Hydroelectric Power Plant.

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December 19, 2011. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin holds a meeting of the Government Commission on the Development of the Electric Power Industry. The conference hall of the administration building of the Sayano-Shushenskaya Hydroelectric Power Plant.

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December 19, 2011. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (left) holds a meeting of the Government Commission on the Development of the Electric Power Industry. The conference hall of the administration building of the Sayano-Shushenskaya Hydroelectric Power Plant.

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December 19, 2011. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin holds a meeting of the Government Commission on the Development of the Electric Power Industry. The conference hall of the administration building of the Sayano-Shushenskaya Hydroelectric Power Plant.

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Governor of the Republic of Khakassia Viktor Zimin (photo) at the meeting of the Government Commission on the Development of the Electric Power Industry held by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. The conference hall of the administration building of the Sayano-Shushenskaya Hydroelectric Power Plant.

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December 19, 2011. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (right) holds a meeting of the Government Commission on the Development of the Electric Power Industry. The conference hall of the administration building of the Sayano-Shushenskaya Hydroelectric Power Plant. Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin (left).

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Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin at the meeting of the Government Commission on the Development of the Electric Power Industry held by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. The conference hall of the administration building of the Sayano-Shushenskaya Hydroelectric Power Plant.

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Presidential Envoy to Siberian Federal District Viktor Tolokonsky (photo) before the meeting of the Government Commission on the Development of the Electric Power Industry held by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. The conference hall of the administration building of the Sayano-Shushenskaya Hydroelectric Power Plant.

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From left: Presidential Envoy to Siberian Federal District Viktor Tolokonsky and Russian Energy Minister Sergei Shmatko before a meeting of the Government Commission on the Development of the Electric Power Industry held by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. The conference hall of the administration building of the Sayano-Shushenskaya Hydroelectric Power Plant.

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From left: General Director of Basic Element company Oleg Deripaska, and Boris Ayuyev, Chairman of the Board of the System Operator of the Unified Energy System, at the meeting of the Government Commission on the Development of the Electric Power Industry held by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. The conference hall of the administration building of the Sayano-Shushenskaya Hydroelectric Power Plant.

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From left: Irkutsk Region Governor Dmitry Mezentsev, and Omsk Region Governor Leonid Polezhayev, at the meeting of the Government Commission on the Development of the Electric Power Industry held by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. The conference hall of the administration building of the Sayano-Shushenskaya Hydroelectric Power Plant.

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December 19, 2011. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (left) at the commissioning of a new hydro unit at Sayano-Shushenskaya Hydroelectric Power Plant. Director of the Sayano-Shushenskaya Hydroelectric Power Plant Valery Kyari.

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Oleg Deripaska, director general of the "Basic Element" company, in the conference hall of the administrative building of the Sayano-Shushenskaya Hydroelectric Plant at a session of the commission for development of the electric power industry chaired by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.

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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (third left) chairs a session of the commission for development of the electric power industry in the conference hall of the administrative building of the Sayano-Shushenskaya Hydroelectric Plant.

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Director of the "Rosatom" State Nuclear Energy Corporation Sergei Kiriyenko in the conference hall of the administrative building of the Sayano-Shushenskaya Hydroelectric Plant at a session of the commission for development of the electric power industry chaired by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.

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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (right) chairs a session of the commission for development of the electric power industry in the conference hall of the administrative building of the Sayano-Shushenskaya Hydroelectric Plant.

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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (third right) chairs a session of the commission for development of the electric power industry in the conference hall of the administrative building of the Sayano-Shushenskaya Hydroelectric Plant on December 19, 2011.

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December 19, 2011. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (background, third left) holds a meeting of the Government Commission on the Development of the Electric Power Industry. The conference hall of the administration building of the Sayano-Shushenskaya Hydroelectric Power Plant.

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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (center) takes part in the launch of the new Hydroelectric Unit No.1 at the Sayano-Shushenskaya Hydroelectric Plant on December 19, 2011. Right is the plant's director Valery Kyari.

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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (center) takes part in the launch of the new Hydroelectric Unit No.1 at the Sayano-Shushenskaya Hydroelectric Plant on December 19, 2011. Right is the plant's director Valery Kyari.

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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin lits a candle in the memory of the people who died in the accident at the Sayano-Shushenskaya Hydroelectric Plant, in the church located in the plant's territory on December 19, 2011.

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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin lits a candle in the memory of the people who died in the accident at the the Sayano-Shushenskaya Hydroelectric Plant, in the church located in the plant's territory on December 19, 2011.

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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on the observation platform of the Sayano-Shushenskaya Hydroelectric Plant's shore spillway on December 19, 2011.

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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (right) is shown an information stand on construction of the Sayano-Shushenskaya Hydroelectric Plant's shore spillway during his visit to the plant on December 19, 2011.

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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (center) takes part in the launch of a new hydroelectric unit at the Sayano–Shushenskaya Hydroelectric Plant on December 19, 2011.

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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (second left) takes part in the launch of a new hydroelectric unit at the Sayano–Shushenskaya Hydroelectric Plant on December 19, 2011.

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The Turbine room at the Sayano-Shushenskaya HPP.

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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, who arrived in the Republic of Khakassia for a working visit, autographs during his visit to the local ice rink in the town of Cheryomushki on December 19, 2011.

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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, who arrived in the Republic of Khakassia for a working visit, talks to a coach during his visit to the local ice rink in the town of Cheryomushki on December 19, 2011.

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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (right), who arrived in the Republic of Khakassia for a working visit, pictured during his visit to the local ice rink in the town of Cheryomushki on December 19, 2011.

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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (in the background), who arrived in the Republic of Khakassia for a working visit, pictured during his visit to the local ice rink in the town of Cheryomushki on December 19, 2011.

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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (center), who arrived in the Republic of Khakassia for a working visit, pictured during his visit to the local ice rink in the town of Cheryomushki on December 19, 2011. Third right in the foreground is Yevgeny Dod, chairman of the board of the "RusHydro" company. Left in the foreground is Alexander Yakushev, Merited Coach of Russia.

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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (center in the foreground), who arrived in the Republic of Khakassia for a working visit, posing for a group photo with pupuils of the "Eureka" lyceum in the town of Cheryomushki on December 19, 2011.

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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (left), who arrived in the Republic of Khakassia for a working visit, talking to pupuils of the "Eureka" lyceum in the town of Cheryomushki on December 19, 2011.

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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (right), who arrived in the Republic of Khakassia for a working visit, plays volleyball with pupils of the "Eureka" lyceum in the lyceum's gym on December 19, 2011.

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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, who arrived in the Republic of Khakassia for a working visit, autographs on the T-shirt of a schoolboy after playing volleyball with pupils of the "Eureka" lyceum on December 19, 2011. Left is Anna Vakhtel, director of the "Eureka" municipal state-financed general education lyceum.

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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, who arrived in the Republic of Khakassia for a working visit, autographs for pupils on balls after playing volleyball with them in the gym of the "Eureka" lyceum on December 19, 2011.

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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, who arrived in the Republic of Khakassia for a working visit, autographs on a ball for pupils of the "Eureka" lyceum after playing volleyball with them in the lyceum's gym on December 19, 2011.

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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, who arrived in the Republic of Khakassia for a working visit, plays volleyball with pupils of the "Eureka" lyceum in the lyceum's gym on December 19, 2011.

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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (right), who arrived in the Republic of Khakassia for a working visit, plays volleyball with pupils of the "Eureka" lyceum in the lyceum's gym on December 19, 2011. Second right is Anna Vakhtel, director of the "Eureka" municipal state-financed general education lyceum. Third right is Yevgeny Dod, chairman of the board of the "RusHydro" company.

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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, who arrived in the Republic of Khakassia for a working visit, talking to a schoolgirl in the "Eureka" lyceum in the town of Cheryomushki on December 19, 2011.

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A schoolgirl presents a clay figurine at an art lesson in the "Eureka" lyceum to Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin during his visit to the lyceum as part of his working visit to the Republic of Khakassia on December 19, 2011.

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A schoolgirl presents a clay figurine at an art lesson in the "Eureka" lyceum to Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin during his visit to the lyceum as part of his working visit to the Republic of Khakassia on December 19, 2011. Left is Anna Vakhtel, director of the "Eureka" municipal state-financed general education lyceum.

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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, who arrived in the Republic of Khakassia for a working visit, attends an art lesson in the "Eureka" lyceum on December 19, 2011. Left is Anna Vakhtel, director of the "Eureka" municipal state-financed general education lyceum.

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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, who arrived in the Republic of Khakassia for a working visit, pictured with a schoolboy at a lesson in the "Eureka" lyceum in the town of Cheryomushki on December 19, 2011.

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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, who arrived in the Republic of Khakassia for a working visit, pictured during his visit to the "Eureka" lyceum in the town of Cheryomushki.

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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, who arrived in the Republic of Khakassia for a working visit, pictured during his visit to the "Eureka" lyceum in the town of Cheryomushki on December 19, 2011.

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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (second left), who arrived in the Republic of Khakassia for a working visit, pictured during his visit to the "Eureka" lyceum in the town of Cheryomushki on December 19, 2011. Right is Anna Vakhtel, director of the municipal state-financed general education lyceum. Left is Yevgeny Dod, chairman of the board of the "RusHydro" company.

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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (second left), who arrived in the Republic of Khakassia for a working visit, pictured during his visit to the "Eureka" lyceum in the town of Cheryomushki on December 19, 2011. Left is Anna Vakhtel, director of the municipal state-financed general education lyceum. Right is Yevgeny Dod, chairman of the board of the "RusHydro" company.

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