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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (R) and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (2R) enter the United Russia party congress in Moscow on November 20, 2008. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin moved to reassure Russians over the growing financial crisis, vowing the government would do everything to prevent a repeat of the economic shocks of the 1990s.
Russian Prime Minister and chairman of United Russia ruling party Vladimir Putin, right, and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, left, attend the tenth United Russia Party Congress in Moscow, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2008. Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin promised Thursday that Russia would come out stronger from the crisis triggered by what he described as the U.S. recklessness. Putin said the current global financial system made the crisis "impossible to avert."
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (L) and President Dmitry Medvedev (R) enter the United Russia party congress in Moscow on November 20, 2008. Russia is giving one billion dollars (785 million euros) to the International Monetary Fund to help countries overcome the global financial crisis, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said at the congress.
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (L) and President Dmitry Medvedev (R) enter the United Russia party congress in Moscow on November 20, 2008. Russia is giving one billion dollars (785 million euros) to the International Monetary Fund to help countries overcome the global financial crisis, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said at the congress.
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (2L) and President Dmitry Medvedev (L) applaud during the United Russia party congress in Moscow on November 20, 2008. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin vowed that the government would make sure that the burgeoning global economic crisis did not lead to another financial "collapse" in Russia.
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (R) speaks with President Dmitry Medvedev (L) at the United Russia party congress in Moscow on November 20, 2008. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin vowed that Russia would use "all means" to avoid drastic changes in the external value of the ruble and spikes in inflation.
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (L) gestures while speaking at a meeting with President Dmitry Medvedev and other high-ranking government officials outside Moscow in Gorki on November 19, 2008. A bill lengthening Russian presidential terms passed its latest hurdle in parliament amid speculation over its implications for the future of Putin.
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (L) gestures while speaking at a meeting with President Dmitry Medvedev (R) and other high-ranking government officials outside Moscow in Gorki on November 19, 2008. A bill lengthening Russian presidential terms passed its latest hurdle in parliament amid speculation over its implications for the future of powerful Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.