MOSCOW, June 27. /ITAR-TASS/. Largest Russian oil and gas producing platform Berkut was put into operation in the Sea of Okhotsk in the Arctic region on Friday.

President Vladimir Putin gave a signal to launch the platform in a videoconference session. “Let’s start it,” he said. After this CEO of Russian oil major Rosneft Igor Sechin reported to the president that the platform had been launched.