8 Sep 2011 11:33

Putin launches gas pipeline launch in Vladivostok

VLADIVOSTOK. Sept 8 (Interfax) - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin launched the Sakhalin-Khabarovsk-Vladivostok gas pipeline, one of the key elements of the Eastern Gas program, at a ceremony on September 8, an Interfax correspondent reported from the launch ceremony.

The pipeline will supply gas to Russia's Sakhalin region, Khabarovsk and Primorye territories and also pave the way for supplies to the Asia-Pacific region countries.