Russian President Dmitry Medvedev seen during a tree planting ceremony in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, Friday, July 4, 2008. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Friday underlined the need to quickly build a prospective gas pipeline from Turkmenistan to European markets via Russia, a move that would consolidate Moscow's monopoly on energy transit from Central Asia. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Dmitry Astakhov, Presidential Press Service)