Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin looks on at a table with signed documents following an agreement between Russian gas exporting monopoly Gazprom and Italian, French and German energy companies in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia, Friday, Sept. 16, 2011. Energy companies EdF SA, Eni SpA and Wintershall AG have signed a shareholder deal with Russian gas exporting monopoly Gazprom to take 50 percent in a European gas pipeline project. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)