Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (L) speaks with Russian gas giant Gazprom's head Alexei Miller at the Kremlin in Moscow on November 20, 2008. Medvedev and Miller disscussed the role of Gazprom in the face of the global economic crisis. Getty Images logo Getty Images 11 months ago

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (L) speaks with Russian gas giant Gazprom's head Alexei Miller at the Kremlin in Moscow on November 20, 2008. Medvedev and Miller disscussed the role of Gazprom in the face of the global economic crisis.

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  2. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev speaks on the telephone from his office outside Moscow in Gorki on November 6, 2009. Reports North Korea is producing plutonium for atomic weapons are not new and should not be 'over dramatised' amid efforts to restart disarmament talks, the Russian foreign ministry said.
  3. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (L) meets with Health and Social Development Tatyana Golikova (R) outside Moscow in Gorki on November 11, 2009. The Russian health ministry is recommending people not go to work in order to curb flu viruses, the Interfax news agency reported.
  4. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (C) chairs a meeting of top officials at the Gorki residence outside Moscow on November 6, 2009. The President discussed ways to improve the nation's industrial output.
  5. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev attends a meeting with members of Federation Council, the upper house of Russia's parliament, in the Moscow Kremlin on November 5, 2009. Russia welcomed a US proposal on replacing a key nuclear disarmament treaty, saying it could help clinch a deal before the treaty expires next month, the foreign ministry said.
  6. Sitting near the Russian flag in the background, President Dmitry Medvedev is seen at a meeting with members of the Federation Council, the upper house of Russia's parliament, in the Moscow Kremlin on November 5, 2009. Russia welcomed a US proposal on replacing a key nuclear disarmament treaty, saying it could help clinch a deal before the treaty expires next month, the foreign ministry said.
  7. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (R) shakes hands with Boris Shpigel, a members of the Federation Council, the upper house of Russia's parliament, in the Moscow Kremlin on November 5, 2009. Russia welcomed a US proposal on replacing a key nuclear disarmament treaty, saying it could help clinch a deal before the treaty expires next month, the foreign ministry said.
  8. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev speaks during a meeting with members of Federation Council, the upper house of Russia's parliament, in the Moscow Kremlin on November 5, 2009. Russia welcomed a US proposal on replacing a key nuclear disarmament treaty, saying it could help clinch a deal before the treaty expires next month, the foreign ministry said.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. 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.
  13. 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.
  14. 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.
  15. 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.
  16. 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.

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