Britain's Business Secretary Peter Mandelson (R) welcomes Russia's Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin to the Russia-UK Inter-Governmental Steering Committee in London, November 5, 2009. Reuters Pictures 1 month ago

Britain's Business Secretary Peter Mandelson (R) welcomes Russia's Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin to the Russia-UK Inter-Governmental Steering Committee in London, November 5, 2009.

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  1. LONDON - NOVEMBER 18: Leader of the House of Commons Harriet Harman attend the State Opening of Parliament on November 18, 2009 in London, England. Queen Elizabeth II unveiled the Government's legislative programme in a speech delivered from the Throne in The House of Lords. This new session of Parliament will only last until the general election which has to be called by June 3, 2010.
  2. LONDON - NOVEMBER 18: Leader of the House of Commons Harriet Harman attend the State Opening of Parliament on November 18, 2009 in London, England. Queen Elizabeth II unveiled the Government's legislative programme in a speech delivered from the Throne in The House of Lords. This new session of Parliament will only last until the general election which has to be called by June 3, 2010.
  3. LONDON - NOVEMBER 18: Leader of the House of Commons Harriet Harman attend the State Opening of Parliament on November 18, 2009 in London, England. Queen Elizabeth II unveiled the Government's legislative programme in a speech delivered from the Throne in The House of Lords. This new session of Parliament will only last until the general election which has to be called by June 3, 2010.
  4. LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 18: Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburg leave after the State Opening Of Parliament on November 18, 2009 in London, England. Queen Elizabeth II unveiled the Government's legislative programme in a speech delivered from the Throne in The House of Lords. This new session of Parliament will only last until the general election which has to be called by June 3, 2010.
  5. LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 18: Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburg leave after the State Opening Of Parliament on November 18, 2009 in London, England. Queen Elizabeth II unveiled the Government's legislative programme in a speech delivered from the Throne in The House of Lords. This new session of Parliament will only last until the general election which has to be called by June 3, 2010.
  6. LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - NOVEMBER 17: (EMBARGOED FOR PUBLICATION IN UK NEWSPAPERS UNTIL 48 HOURS AFTER CREATE DATE AND TIME) Lord Peter Mandelson attends a memorial service for Sir John Mortimer at Southwark Cathedral on November 17, 2009 in London, England.
  7. LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - NOVEMBER 17: (EMBARGOED FOR PUBLICATION IN UK NEWSPAPERS UNTIL 48 HOURS AFTER CREATE DATE AND TIME) Lord Peter Mandelson attends a memorial service for Sir John Mortimer at Southwark Cathedral on November 17, 2009 in London, England.
  8. LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - NOVEMBER 17: (EMBARGOED FOR PUBLICATION IN UK NEWSPAPERS UNTIL 48 HOURS AFTER CREATE DATE AND TIME) Lord Peter Mandelson attends a memorial service for Sir John Mortimer at Southwark Cathedral on November 17, 2009 in London, England.
  9. Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev (C), Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill (L) and Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin attend a meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Foundation for Restoring the New Jerusalem Monastery at the presidential residence Gorki outside Moscow November 17, 2009.
  10. Russian Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin, centre, walks with unidentified officials, in the venue grounds during the G20 Finance Ministers meeting at St Andrews. Scotland. Saturday Nov. 7, 2009. The world's top financial ministers and central bankers from the Group of 20 rich and developing nations, are meeting to secure future global growth and break a deadlock over the cost of fighting climate change.
  11. Russian Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin, centre, walks with unidentified officials, in the venue grounds during the G20 Finance Ministers meeting at St Andrews. Scotland. Saturday Nov. 7, 2009. The world's top financial ministers and central bankers from the Group of 20 rich and developing nations, are meeting to secure future global growth and break a deadlock over the cost of fighting climate change.
  12. Britain's Business Secretary Peter Mandelson (R) opens the Russia-UK Inter-Governmental Steering Committee as Russia's Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin watches, in London, November 5, 2009.
  13. Britain's Business Secretary Peter Mandelson (R) welcomes Russia's Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin to the Russia-UK Inter-Governmental Steering Committee in London, November 5, 2009.
  14. In this photo released by the IMF, G-7 Finance Ministers and their Bank Governors pose for a group photograph at the Istanbul Congress Center in Istanbul, Turkey, Saturday, Oct. 3, 2009. Front row, from left to right, International Monetary Fund Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn, EU Commissioner Joaquin Almunia, U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, Canadian Finance Minister James Flaherty, French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde, Italy's Finance Minister Giulio Tremonti, Japan's Finance Minister Hirohisa Fujii, German Deputy Finance Minister Joerg Asmussen, British Finance Minister Alistair Darling, Russian Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin and World Bank President Robert Zoellick. Back row, from second left to right, Eurogroup President Jean-Claude Junker, European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet, U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney, Bank of France Governor Christian Noyer, Bank of Italy Governor Mario Draghi, Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa, German Bundesbank President Axel Weber, Russian Central Bank Governor Sergey Ignatiev, Bank of England Governor Mervyn King and Egypt's Finance Minister Youssef Boutros-Ghali.
  15. Russian Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin is greeted by Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner as he arrives at the leaders reception of the G-20 Summit in Pittsburgh, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009.
  16. Russian Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin is greeted by Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner as he arrives at the leaders reception of the G-20 Summit in Pittsburgh, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009.

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