epa01773363 A picture taken made available 25 June shows Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (C) visiting a Perekrestok supermarket in Moscow, Russia, 24 June 2009. Putin won a promise from the chain's managing director to cut prices on pork, as local media reports. Putin's field trip to the dairy and meat aisles of the supermarket in the Krylatskoye district came amid a government drive to develop new trade legislation, specifically state regulation over retail pricing. 'How much is pork?' Putin asked astounded store attendants, a news agency reported. Seeing a price tag of 335 rubles ($11) and consulting a pricing table that listed the item's purchase price as 160 rubles, Putin's calculation yielded an unhappy result. 'This is double the price. Is that normal?' the prime minister asked Yury Kobaladze, the managing director of the supermarket. 'Is 120 percent a high markup?' Kobaladze asked. 'Very high,' Putin said. 'It will be lowered tomorrow,' Kobaladze replied. EPA/ALEXEY NIKOLSKY RIA NOVOSTI / NO SALES NO ARCHIVES NOT FOR USE AFTER 23 JULY 2009