PUTIN ATTENDS LAUNCH OF SEVERSTAL PIPE MILL

摘要

Russian President Vladimir Putin attended a ceremony to launch the Severstal steel group's Izhora Pipe Mill (ITZ) in Kolpino, near St. Petersburg, on July 14. Putin said the event was an important step forward for the Russian energy sector. "You know all about the energy sector projects t hat we have planned, such as marine gas pipelines, oil pipelines from Siberia to the Pacific and possible new pipeline systems in the North," he said.