

AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE/GETTY IMAGES PHOTOGRAPHS European leaders meet in February to sign an accord creating the Nabucco pipeline project. First row from left are: Stefan Judisch of the German power giant RWE, Werner Auli of the Austrian energy firm OMV and Nabucco Managing Director Reinhard Mitschek. Second row, from left: Hungarian State Secretary Gabor Diossy, German Ambassador Hartmut Krausser, Austrian Economic Minister Martin Bartenstein and Turkish Energy Minister Mehmet Hilmi Gueler. At right: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (left) and Gazprom chief Alexei Miller attend the 12th International Economic Forum last month in St. Petersburg.