BERLIN - SEPTEMBER 08: German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder (L) greets Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) upon Putin's arrival at the Chancellery on September 8, 2005 in Berlin, Germany. Putin is on a one-day official visit to Germany, during which he and Schroeder will sign an agreement between the two countries on the construction of a natural gas pipeline along the bottom of the Baltic Sea. (Photo by Andreas Rentz/Getty Images)
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