Mr.Putin has endorsed a young loyalist and admirer who owes his career asfirst deputy prime minister and head of the state gas monopoly to hismentor.

• 普京先生已通过一位年轻要角和崇拜者，谁欠他的职业生涯，作为第一副总理兼国家元首，天然气垄断企业，以他的导师。