November 07, 2007. Dutch energy firm Gasunie on Tuesday signed a long-awaited deal to take a 9 percent stake in the controversial Nord Stream pipeline. Marcel Kramer, Gasunie CEO, left in the foreground, Alexei Miller, Gazprom CEO, Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende, left in the background, and Russian President Vladimir Putin at the signing ceremony at the Kremlin.
 

November 06, 2007. Moscow, November 4, 2007. President Vladimir Putin with representatives of russian youth celebrating the Day of National Unity of Russia on the Red Square in Moscow
 

November 06, 2007. Moscow, November 5, 2007. Vladimir Putin meets with Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao(pitured, left). In his meeting with Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao in the Kremlin Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed his hopes for further close cooperation with China.
 

October 23, 2007. Members of MKS-15 space expedition: russian cosmonauts Oleg Kotov, Fyodor Yurchikhin and Malaysian cosmonaut Sheikh Muzafar Shukor (R) at the press conference after the expedition in Star City near Moscow.
 

October 17, 2007. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (r) and Russian President Vladimir Putin at the press conference in Tehran.
 

October 16, 2007. October 15, 2007 ,Kiev , Ukraine. Ukrainian politicians discuss creation of a new goverment coalition. The Sept. 30 parliamentary election will lead to the return to power of a coalition of the two pro-reform parties led by Yulia Tymoshenko and President Viktor Yushchenko, who together hold 228 of the 450 seats in the Ukrainian parliament. On the picture: Julia Timoshenko (r) at the meeting with Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko (l)discussung a posibility of coalition.
 

October 12, 2007. October 12, 2007 , Novo-Ogarevo residence of Russian President. US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Defense Secretary Robert Gates arrived to Moscow on October 12, 2007 to discuss U.S. plans to build a missile defense shield in East Europe. Russian President Vladimir Putin met Condoleezza Rice in Novo-Ogarevo residence near Moscow. Rice and Gates will also meet with their Russian colleagues - Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov to conduct negotiations on the problem of strategic security with Russia.(Rice and Putin).
 

October 10, 2007. October 10, 2007. French President Nicolas Sarkozy visited Bauman State Technical University in Moscow where he made a speech, speaking on different issues such as cooperation between Russia and France, development of democracy in Russia...
 

October 10, 2007. October 9th, 2007. French President Nicolas Sarkozy (l) and Russian President Vladimir Putin meeting in the Novo-Ogarevo residence of russian president near Moscow . When arriving to Novo-Ogarevo residence French President Nikolas Sarkozy asked Vladimir Putin to show him the residential territory, Putin took the driver`s seat of his limousine (pictured) and drived around the residence. On the picture: Putin and Sarkozy on the front seats of the presidential limousine.
 

October 05, 2007. Activists of Molodaya Gvardia (Young Guards) Pro-Kremlin youth movement with the cut-out image of Russian President Vladimir Putin during their Pro-President rally in center Moscow near the Kremlin. The rally was in support of Putin to continue to rule the country. A young russian kissing the image of Putin
 

October 02, 2007. Vladimir Putin addressing the delegates of pro-Kremlin United Russia Congerss in Moscow. Vladimir Putin agreed to run for the State Duma as United Russia top candidate. Putin also said at the congress that for him to govern the country as prime minister in 2008, is a `realistic idea`.
 

September 17, 2007. The State Duma of Russia approved Viktor Zubkov as prime minister after he showered lawmakers with populist promises to fight corruption, increase pensions, rebuild the defense industry and boost the country`s economy. archive picture - Leningrad region, September, 1999, Viktor Zubkov visiting cattle breeding farm during the election campagne fo St.Petersburg`s Governor in the year of 1999.
 

September 14, 2007. Russian President Vladimir Putin visiting farm in Belgorod region of Russia. Putin is feeding a calf.
 

September 12, 2007. Russian President Vladimir Putin nominated on Wednesday afternoon the head of the country`s Financial Monitoring Service, Viktor Zubkov, for the post of prime minister.The head of the Russian Financial Monitoring Service Viktor Zubkov (on the picture).
 

September 07, 2007. September 7, 2007. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Australian Prime Minister John Howard at a joint press conference in the office of the Federal Parliament of Australia.