At the forefront of these efforts is Mr.Sechin, 48, a deputy prime minister who has been a Putin confidant since the two served in the St.Petersburg city government in the early 1990s.

• 站在这些努力是审理先生， 48岁的副总理谁一直是普京知己以来，两国在担任圣彼得堡市政府在90年代初。