Russia's state-controlled gas company Gazprom Chief Executive Alexei Miller (L) and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev shake hands in St. Petersburg June 5, 2009. Germany's E.ON group said on Friday it has signed a deal to complete the acquisition of a 25 percent stake in the Siberian Yuzhno Russkoye gas field from Gazprom OAO, wrapping up more than four years of preparation to co-own the strategic asset. The St Petersburg International Economic Forum is attended by top chief executives and officials. Reuters Pictures 6 months ago

Russia's state-controlled gas company Gazprom Chief Executive Alexei Miller (L) and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev shake hands in St. Petersburg June 5, 2009. Germany's E.ON group said on Friday it has signed a deal to complete the acquisition of a 25 percent stake in the Siberian Yuzhno Russkoye gas field from Gazprom OAO, wrapping up more than four years of preparation to co-own the strategic asset. The St Petersburg International Economic Forum is attended by top chief executives and officials.

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  1. Gazprom Deputy Chief Executive Alexander Medvedev talks to Reuters in Moscow September 11, 2009. Europe will depend on Russia for one-third of its gas within the next decade and the financial crisis has done nothing to erode the market share of the world's number one gas producer, Medvedev said on Friday.
  2. Gazprom Deputy Chief Executive Alexander Medvedev talks to Reuters in Moscow September 11, 2009. Europe will depend on Russia for one-third of its gas within the next decade and the financial crisis has done nothing to erode the market share of the world's number one gas producer, Medvedev said on Friday.
  3. Gazprom Deputy Chief Executive Alexander Medvedev talks to Reuters in Moscow September 11, 2009. Europe will depend on Russia for one-third of its gas within the next decade and the financial crisis has done nothing to erode the market share of the world's number one gas producer, Medvedev said on Friday.
  4. Gazprom Deputy Chief Executive Alexander Medvedev talks to Reuters in Moscow September 11, 2009. Europe will depend on Russia for one-third of its gas within the next decade and the financial crisis has done nothing to erode the market share of the world's number one gas producer, Medvedev said on Friday.
  5. Alexander Medvedev, deputy chairman of Russia's Gazprom, attends a press briefing in the 24th World Gas Conference in Buenos Aires, October 8, 2009. Medvedev said that Gazprom aims to take a 10 percent share of the U.S. natural gas market within five years.
  6. Alexander Medvedev, deputy chairman of Russia's Gazprom, attends a press briefing at the 24th World Gas Conference in Buenos Aires, October 8, 2009. Medvedev said that Gazprom aims to take a 10 percent share of the U.S. natural gas market within five years.
  7. Alexander Medvedev, deputy chairman of Russia's Gazprom, poses after attending a press briefing at the 24th World Gas Conference in Buenos Aires, October 8, 2009. Medvedev said that Gazprom aims to take a 10 percent share of the U.S. natural gas market within five years.
  8. FILE -- In this Nov. 2006 file photo, officials look at a model of the Gazprom's skyscraper at an exhibition in St. Petersburg, Russia. Governor of Russia's second city of St. Petersburg, Valentina Matviyenko, signed a decree Tuesday allowing the construction of a hulking skyscraper for state energy giant Gazprom in the city's czarist-era center.
  9. FILE -- In this November 2006, file photo, officials look at a model of the Gazprom's skyscraper at an exhibition in St. Petersburg, Russia. On Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2009, Russia's state natural gas giant Gazprom has won approval to build a gargantuan skyscraper in St. Petersburg that critics say will ruin the city's carefully protected skyline. The city council on Tuesday Sept. 22, 2009, approved plans for building the 400-meter (1,300-foot) structure, more than three times taller than St. Peter and Paul Cathedral.

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