Mr Putin Takes The New Sapsan High Speed Train From Moscow to St Petersburg

Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin travelled from St. Petersburg to Moscow via the new high-speed Sapsan train.

With a top speed of 250 kilometers per hour, the train's journey takes 3.5 hours.

Russia's Railway CEO Vladimir Yakunin and train chief designer Andreas Lipp showed Putin around the train.

Shotlist

1. Mid: Putin gets on board Sapsan [0.00 -- 0.03]
2. Close-up: Putin in the operator's cab [0.03 -- 0.20]
3. Mid: view on the railroads from the operator's cab [0.20 -- 0.29]
4. Mid: Putin having tea with Russian railways CEO Vladimir Yakunin [0.29 -- 0.38]
5. Mid: Putin talking to Yakunin [0.38 -- 0.51]
6. Mid: Putin in the operator's cabin [0.51 -- 0.55]
7. Mid: Putin having tea with Yakunin, speaking to a girl (one of the passengers) [0.55 -- 1.21]
8. Mid; Putin walking [1.21 -- 1.37]
9. Various: Putin leaving the train [1.37 -- 1.42]




Footage courtesy of RT.com - Copyright RT.com 2011
Used with kind permission.

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• Moscow
• Vladimir Putin
• Saint Petersburg
• Russia
• Train
• sapsan