Article: Russia: Putin inaugurates Far East gas network.

Byline: manish03

The welding of the first joint of a 1,118-mile pipeline to Eastern Russia is a historic part of a government plan for new production centers, officials say.

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin joined local officials in the Russian Far East and Alexander Ananenkov, deputy chairman of the Gazprom management committee, Friday to dedicate the welding of the first joint of the Sakhalin-Khabarovsk-Vladivostok gas transmission system.

"This day will go down in the Russian gas industry history," said Putin. "Welding of the first joint of the Sakhalin-Khabarovsk-Vladivostok GTS marks the start-up of the system for gas supply to ...

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