
(Alexander Zemlianichenko | The Associated Press) Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, center, oversees shake hands between French energy giant Total CEO Christophe de Margerie, left, and Novatek's CEO Leonid Mikhelson, right, after the signing ceremony during a meeting at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, March 2, 2011. The French energy company on Wednesday agreed to buy 12 percent in Russia's second-largest gas producer and buy 20 percent in a major LNG project in western Siberia.