From left: Deputy Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov and Vice-Prime Minister Sergei Sobyanin before meeting with President Dmitry Medvedev who is to wish Happy New Year to government members on this year's last Cabinet meeting at the Government House, December 29, 2008.

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From left: Vice-Prime Minister/Finance Minister Aleksei Kudrin and Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov before meeting with President Dmitry Medvedev who is to wish Happy New Year to government members on this year's last Cabinet meeting at the Government House, December 29, 2008.

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(From left, foreground) Vice-Prime Ministers Sergei Sobyanin, Sergei Ivanov and Igor Sechin and (background) Regional Development Minister Viktor Basargin before meeting with President Dmitry Medvedev who is to wish Happy New Year to government members on this year's last Cabinet meeting at the Government House, December 29, 2008.

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President Dmitry Medvedev (right, foreground) before wishing Happy New Year to government members on this year's last Cabinet meeting at the Government House, December 29, 2008. Right, background: Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.

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President Dmitry Medvedev (right, foreground) before wishing Happy New Year to government members on this year's last Cabinet meeting at the Government House, December 29, 2008. Right, background: Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.

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President Dmitry Medvedev wishing Happy New Year to government members on this year's last Cabinet meeting at the Government House, December 29, 2008.

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President Dmitry Medvedev (right) wishing Happy New Year to government members on this year's last Cabinet meeting at the Government House, December 29, 2008. Left: Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.

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President Dmitry Medvedev (right) wishing Happy New Year to government members on this year's last Cabinet meeting at the Government House, December 29, 2008

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President Dmitry Medvedev (right) wishing Happy New Year to government members on this year's last Cabinet meeting at the Government House, December 29, 2008. Left: Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.

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President Dmitry Medvedev (right) wishing Happy New Year to government members on this year's last Cabinet meeting at the Government House, December 29, 2008. From left: Vice-Prime Minister/ Finance Minister Aleksei Kudrin, Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.

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President Dmitry Medvedev (second left) wishing Happy New Year to government members on this year's last Cabinet meeting at the Government House, December 29, 2008. Left: Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.

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President Dmitry Medvedev (seventh right) wishing Happy New Year to government members on this year's last Cabinet meeting at the Government House, December 29, 2008. Eighth right: Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.

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From left: Culture Minister Alexander Avdeyev, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Vice-Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak and Vice-Prime Minister Alexander Zhukov before meeting with President Dmitry Medvedev who is to wish Happy New Year to government members on this year's last Cabinet meeting at the Government House, December 29, 2008.

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From left: Transport Minister Igor Levitin and Central Bank Chairman Sergei Ignatyev before meeting with President Dmitry Medvedev who is to wish Happy New Year to government members on this year's last Cabinet meeting at the Government House, December 29, 2008.

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From left: Duma Vice-Speaker Vladimir Zhirinovsky, Communist Party leader Gennady Zyuganov and the Communist Party's Duma representative Igor Lebedev before meeting with President Dmitry Medvedev who is to wish Happy New Year to government members on this year's last Cabinet meeting at the Government House, December 29, 2008.

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From left: Interior Minister Rashid Nurgaliyev, Natural Resources/Ecology Minister Yury Trutnev, Federation Council Speaker Sergei Mironov and Duma Speaker Boris Gryzlov before meeting with President Dmitry Medvedev who is to wish Happy New Year to government members on this year's last Cabinet meeting at the Government House, December 29, 2008.

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