Interfax reported that Putin has pressuredproject owner Novatek’s boss Leonid Mikhelson on the point at a meeting onWednesday.

He said: "You all want to orderabroad. If there won't be orders [in Russia] thenthere won't be any development [of shipbuilding in Russia] either. I ask you towork on this properly."

"I ask you to look to the Russianproducer," he added.

Mikhelson said that Novatek was tryingto order ships in Russia.

"But