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Sakhalin Island, Russia(135 images)
The Russian president's global ambitions?and his drift toward totalitarianism?hinge on the staggering energy reserves of the onetime Siberian gulag of Sakhalin Island. Royal Dutch Shell knows the drill. Sakhalin Energy has brought a lot more than wintertime strawberries to this far-flung redoubt of the Russian Federation. Among the island?s nearly 600,000 residents, unemployment is at only 1.5...
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  • October 14, 2007 - Sakhalin Island, Russia: The Sakhalin II gas complex, the largest of its kind ever undertaken in the world, on the far east coast of Russia. Street life in Yuzhno-Sakhalin. By photographer Donald Weber
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  • October 14, 2007 - Sakhalin Island, Russia: The Sakhalin II gas complex, the largest of its kind ever undertaken in the world, on the far east coast of Russia. A babuschka sells wild mushrooms on the street in Yuzhno-Sakhalin. By photographer Donald Weber
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  • October 14, 2007 - Sakhalin Island, Russia: The Sakhalin II gas complex, the largest of its kind ever undertaken in the world, on the far east coast of Russia. Ivan, from Vladivostock, came to Yuzhno-Sakhalin for a chance at a good job. Penniless, he now sleeps in a battered old Volga car. By photographer Donald Weber
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  • October 14, 2007 - Sakhalin Island, Russia: The Sakhalin II gas complex, the largest of its kind ever undertaken in the world, on the far east coast of Russia. Ivan, from Vladivostock, came to Yuzhno-Sakhalin for a chance at a good job. Penniless, he now sleeps in a battered old Volga car. By photographer Donald Weber
    Sakhalin_Lo...tif
  • October 14, 2007 - Sakhalin Island, Russia: The Sakhalin II gas complex, the largest of its kind ever undertaken in the world, on the far east coast of Russia. Ivan, from Vladivostock, came to Yuzhno-Sakhalin for a chance at a good job. Penniless, he now sleeps in a battered old Volga car. By photographer Donald Weber
    Sakhalin_Lo...tif
  • October 14, 2007 - Sakhalin Island, Russia: The Sakhalin II gas complex, the largest of its kind ever undertaken in the world, on the far east coast of Russia. Ivan, from Vladivostock, came to Yuzhno-Sakhalin for a chance at a good job. Penniless, he now sleeps in a battered old Volga car. By photographer Donald Weber
    Sakhalin_Lo...tif
  • October 14, 2007 - Sakhalin Island, Russia: The Sakhalin II gas complex, the largest of its kind ever undertaken in the world, on the far east coast of Russia. By photographer Donald Weber
    Sakhalin_Lo...tif
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  • October 14, 2007 - Sakhalin Island, Russia: The Sakhalin II gas complex, the largest of its kind ever undertaken in the world, on the far east coast of Russia. Pasha, a fisherman, from Kosakov, a small town close to the LNG site. By photographer Donald Weber
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  • October 14, 2007 - Sakhalin Island, Russia: The Sakhalin II gas complex, the largest of its kind ever undertaken in the world, on the far east coast of Russia. By photographer Donald Weber
    Sakhalin_Lo...tif
  • October 14, 2007 - Sakhalin Island, Russia: The Sakhalin II gas complex, the largest of its kind ever undertaken in the world, on the far east coast of Russia. Boys playing in the town of Kosakov, close to the LNG site. By photographer Donald Weber
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  • October 14, 2007 - Sakhalin Island, Russia: The Sakhalin II gas complex, the largest of its kind ever undertaken in the world, on the far east coast of Russia. By photographer Donald Weber
    Sakhalin_Lo...tif
  • October 14, 2007 - Sakhalin Island, Russia: The Sakhalin II gas complex, the largest of its kind ever undertaken in the world, on the far east coast of Russia. Boys playing in the town of Kosakov, close to the LNG site. By photographer Donald Weber
    Sakhalin_Lo...tif
  • October 14, 2007 - Sakhalin Island, Russia: The Sakhalin II gas complex, the largest of its kind ever undertaken in the world, on the far east coast of Russia. At the Panorama centre, Yuzhno-Sakhalin's newest addition to the shopping mall boom. Mostly filled with Russians who have a little pocket money, a big difference from just two years ago. By photographer Donald Weber
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  • October 14, 2007 - Sakhalin Island, Russia: The Sakhalin II gas complex, the largest of its kind ever undertaken in the world, on the far east coast of Russia. Billboard of Russian president Vladimir Outin, extolling his commitment to invest heavily in the eastern regions. By photographer Donald Weber
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  • October 13, 2007 - Sakhalin Island, Russia: The Sakhalin II gas complex, the largest of its kind ever undertaken in the world, on the far east coast of Russia. On Lenin Square, a popular place for wedding photos. By photographer Donald Weber
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  • October 13, 2007 - Sakhalin Island, Russia: The Sakhalin II gas complex, the largest of its kind ever undertaken in the world, on the far east coast of Russia. On Lenin Square, a popular place for wedding photos. By photographer Donald Weber
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  • October 13, 2007 - Sakhalin Island, Russia: The Sakhalin II gas complex, the largest of its kind ever undertaken in the world, on the far east coast of Russia. Shopping for fur hats in the Korean, or Chinese (depending on whom you talk to) market. By photographer Donald Weber
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  • October 13, 2007 - Sakhalin Island, Russia: The Sakhalin II gas complex, the largest of its kind ever undertaken in the world, on the far east coast of Russia. Lenin Square, the centre of town. By photographer Donald Weber
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  • October 13, 2007 - Sakhalin Island, Russia: The Sakhalin II gas complex, the largest of its kind ever undertaken in the world, on the far east coast of Russia. Khrushcheby in the centre of town, typical apartment dwelling all across the former USSR. The name derives from the former party leader Nikita Khrushchev who initiated the contstruction of these apartment blocks all across the Union and the Russian word 'trushcheby', meaning slum. By photographer Donald Weber
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  • October 13, 2007 - Sakhalin Island, Russia: The Sakhalin II gas complex, the largest of its kind ever undertaken in the world, on the far east coast of Russia. Khrushcheby in the centre of town, typical apartment dwelling all across the former USSR. The name derives from the former party leader Nikita Khrushchev who initiated the contstruction of these apartment blocks all across the Union and the Russian word 'trushcheby', meaning slum. By photographer Donald Weber
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  • October 13, 2007 - Sakhalin Island, Russia: The Sakhalin II gas complex, the largest of its kind ever undertaken in the world, on the far east coast of Russia. Khrushcheby in the centre of town, typical apartment dwelling all across the former USSR. The name derives from the former party leader Nikita Khrushchev who initiated the contstruction of these apartment blocks all across the Union and the Russian word 'trushcheby', meaning slum. By photographer Donald Weber
    Sakhalin_Lo...tif
  • October 13, 2007 - Sakhalin Island, Russia: The Sakhalin II gas complex, the largest of its kind ever undertaken in the world, on the far east coast of Russia. Khrushcheby in the centre of town, typical apartment dwelling all across the former USSR. The name derives from the former party leader Nikita Khrushchev who initiated the contstruction of these apartment blocks all across the Union and the Russian word 'trushcheby', meaning slum. By photographer Donald Weber
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  • October 13, 2007 - Sakhalin Island, Russia: The Sakhalin II gas complex, the largest of its kind ever undertaken in the world, on the far east coast of Russia. At the Mega Palce Hotel, the most expensive place in Sakhalin, filled with foreign oil workers. Here, a delegation from China after dinner. By photographer Donald Weber
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  • October 13, 2007 - Sakhalin Island, Russia: The Sakhalin II gas complex, the largest of its kind ever undertaken in the world, on the far east coast of Russia. By photographer Donald Weber
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