Prime Minister, President-Elect Vladimir Putin (foreground) attending the enlarged meeting of the Finance Ministry Board, April 17, 2012.

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Prime Minister, President-Elect Vladimir Putin (right) attending the enlarged meeting of the Finance Ministry Board, April 17, 2012. Left: Finance Minister Anton Siluanov.

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Finance Minister Anton Siluanov attending the enlarged meeting of the Finance Ministry Board.

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Prime Minister, President-Elect Vladimir Putin attending the enlarged meeting of the Finance Ministry Board, April 17, 2012.

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Finance Minister Anton Siluanov attending the enlarged meeting of the Finance Ministry Board.

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Prime Minister, President-Elect Vladimir Putin attending the enlarged meeting of the Finance Ministry Board, April 17, 2012

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Prime Minister, President-Elect Vladimir Putin attending the enlarged meeting of the Finance Ministry Board, April 17, 2012

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Prime Minister, President-Elect Vladimir Putin (right) attending the enlarged meeting of the Finance Ministry Board, April 17, 2012. Left: Finance Minister Anton Siluanov.

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Finance Minister Anton Siluanov attending the enlarged meeting of the Finance Ministry Board.

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Finance Minister Anton Siluanov attending the enlarged meeting of the Finance Ministry Board.

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Prime Minister, President-Elect Vladimir Putin (left, background) attending the enlarged meeting of the Finance Ministry Board, April 17, 2012.

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Prime Minister, President-Elect Vladimir Putin speaking at the enlarged meeting of the Finance Ministry Board, April 17, 2012.

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Prime Minister, President-Elect Vladimir Putin speaking at the enlarged meeting of the Finance Ministry Board, April 17, 2012.

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Finance Minister Anton Siluanov speaking at the enlarged meeting of the Finance Ministry Board, April 17, 2012.

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Federation Council Vice-Speaker Svetlana Orlova and Bank of Russia Chairman Sergei Ignatyev attending the enlarged meeting of the Finance Ministry Board.

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From left, foreground: Russian Olympic Committee President, First Duma Vice-Speaker Alexander Zhukov, Federation Council Vice-Speaker Svetlana Orlova and Bank of Russia Chairman Sergei Ignatyev attending the enlarged meeting of the Finance Ministry Board.

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Prime Minister, President-Elect Vladimir Putin attending the enlarged meeting of the Finance Ministry Board, April 17, 2012.

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Prime Minister, President-Elect Vladimir Putin (left, background) speaking at the enlarged meeting of the Finance Ministry Board, April 17, 2012.

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Health/Social Development Minister Tatiana Golikova and Deputy Finance Minister Tatiana Nesterneko to attend the enlarged meeting of the Finance Ministry Board, April 17, 2012.

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From left, foreground: First Deputy Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov, First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov and Regional Development Minister Viktor Basargin to attend the enlarged meeting of the Finance Ministry Board, April 17, 2012.

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Deputy Finance Minister Sergei Storchak to attend the enlarged meeting of the Finance Ministry Board.

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Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov addresses an extended format meeting of the board of the Russian Finance Ministry.

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Russian Prime Minister and president-elect Vladimir Putin addresses an extended format meeting of the board of the Russian Finance Ministry, 17 April 2012.

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Russian Deputy Finance Minister Sergey Storchak at the extended format meeting of the board of the Russian Finance Ministry.

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From left: Alexander Shokhin, President of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, and Yevgeny Velokhov, President of the Kurchatov Nuclear Physics Research Institute attending the enlarged meeting of the Finance Ministry Board.

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Deputy Finance Minister Aleksei Savatyugin to attend the enlarged meeting of the Finance Ministry Board.

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Andrei Makarov, United Russia Party deputy in the Duma, chairman of the Duma committee on budget and taxes, attending the enlarged meeting of the Finance Ministry Board.

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17 April 2012. Russian Prime Minister and president-elect Vladimir Putin, right, at an extended format meeting of the board of the Russian Finance Ministry with Finance Minister Anton Siluanov on the left.

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Russian Prime Minister and president-elect Vladimir Putin speaks at an extended format meeting of the board of the Russian Finance Ministry, 17 April 2012.

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Russian Prime Minister and president-elect Vladimir Putin speaks at an extended format meeting of the board of the Russian Finance Ministry, 17 April 2012.

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17 April 2012. Russian Prime Minister and president-elect Vladimir Putin, right, at an extended format meeting of the board of the Russian Finance Ministry with Finance Minister Anton Siluanov on the left.

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17 April 2012. Russian Prime Minister and president-elect Vladimir Putin, right, at an extended format meeting of the board of the Russian Finance Ministry with Finance Minister Anton Siluanov on the left.

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