In this Sept. 26, 2003, file photo, Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, and Sen. Charles Schumer D-N.Y., second from right, are escorted through New York’s first Lukoil gas station by Lukoil President Vagit Alekperov, left, in New York City.
In this Sept. 26, 2003, file photo, Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, and Sen. Charles Schumer D-N.Y., second from right, are escorted through New York’s first Lukoil gas station by Lukoil President Vagit Alekperov, left, in New York City.