First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov, right, at a meeting of the Government Presidium.

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First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov, right, and Emergency Situations Minister Sergei Shoigu at a meeting of the Government Presidium.

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First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov before a meeting of the Government Presidium.

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Russian Agriculture Minister Alexei Gordeyev before a meeting of the Government Presidium.

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Academician Yury Osipov, left, president of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and Prosecutor General Yury Chaika at a meeting of the Government Presidium.

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December 22, 2008. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, center, at a meeting of the Government Presidium.

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December 22, 2008. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin at a meeting of the Government Presidium.

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