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. AP Photo logo AP Photo 1 month ago

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.

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  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. Julia Tomlinson, center, widow of Ian Tomlinson, along with other relatives attends a candlelight vigil in the memory of their loved one, on the 8th month anniversary of his death, in central London, Tuesday Dec. 1, 2009. Ian Tomlinson died on April 1 following a police assault at the G20 protest in central London. The family are waiting to hear from Britain's Crown Prosecution Service on whether any criminal charges will be brought against any police officers in connection with his death. A decision is expected before Christmas.
  10. RNPS IMAGES OF THE YEAR 2009 - A video grab from television footage shows U.S. first lady Michelle Obama (C) standing with Britain's Queen Elizabeth during a reception for G20 leaders at Buckingham Palace in London April 1, 2009. World leaders arrived in London on Wednesday ahead of a G20 summit meeting under intense pressure to produce a morale-boosting response to the worst economic downturn since the 1930s.
  11. Indian Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma, left, Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorim, center, and Indonesian Trade Minister Indonesia Trade Minister Mari Elka Pangestu, right, speak during a press conference after a Ministerial meeting of the Group of 20 (G20), in Geneva, Switzerland, Sunday, Nov. 29, 2009. The 7th Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization, WTO, is held in Geneva from Nov. 30 to Dec. 2, 2009.
  12. Indian Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma, left and Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorim, right, speak during a press conference after a Ministerial meeting of the Group of 20 (G20), in Geneva, Switzerland, Sunday, Nov. 29, 2009. The 7th Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization, WTO, is held in Geneva from November 30 to December 2, 2009.
  13. Indian Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma, left, Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorim, center, and Indonesian Trade Minister Mari Elka Pangestu, right, speak during a press conference after a Ministerial meeting of the Group of 20 (G20), in Geneva, Switzerland, Sunday, Nov. 29, 2009. The 7th Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organisation, WTO, is held in Geneva from November 30 to December 2, 2009.
  14. Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorim gestures, during a press conference after a Ministerial meeting of the Group of 20 (G20), in Geneva, Switzerland, Sunday, Nov. 29, 2009. The 7th Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organisation, WTO, is held in Geneva from Nov. 30 to Dec. 2, 2009.
  15. Indonesian Trade Minister Mari Elka Pangestu speaks during a press conference after a Ministerial meeting of the Group of 20 (G20), in Geneva, Switzerland, Sunday, Nov. 29, 2009. The 7th Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organisation, WTO, is held in Geneva from Nov. 30 to Dec. 2, 2009.
  16. Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorim, seen, during a press conference after a Ministerial meeting of the Group of 20 (G20), in Geneva, Switzerland, Sunday, Nov. 29, 2009. The 7th Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization, WTO, is held in Geneva from Nov. 30 to Dec. 2, 2009.

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