Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin, left, and Prosecutor-General Yury Chaika at a meeting on the optimal number of federal officials, chaired by President Dmitry Medvedev at the Gorki residence outside Moscow.

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Presidential Aide Oleg Markov at a meeting on the optimal number of federal officials, chaired by President Dmitry Medvedev at the Gorki residence outside Moscow.

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Head of the Presidential Executive Office Sergei Naryshkin, left, and Deputy Prime Minister and Chief of the Government Staff Sergei Sobyanin at a meeting on the optimal number of federal officials, chaired by President Dmitry Medvedev at the Gorki residence outside Moscow.

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Presidential Aide Arkady Dvorkovich at a meeting on the optimal number of federal officials, chaired by President Dmitry Medvedev at the Gorki residence outside Moscow.

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Alexander Bastrykin, head of the Investigation Committee at the Prosecutor-General's Office, at a meeting on the optimal number of federal officials, chaired by President Dmitry Medvedev at the Gorki residence outside Moscow.

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Russian Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin at a meeting on the optimal number of federal officials, chaired by President Dmitry Medvedev at the Gorki residence outside Moscow.

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Presidential Aide Oleg Markov at a meeting on the optimal number of federal officials, chaired by President Dmitry Medvedev at the Gorki residence outside Moscow.

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September 20, 2010. President Dmitry Medvedev, center, background, at a meeting on the optimal number of federal officials, at the Gorki residence outside Moscow.

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September 20, 2010. President Dmitry Medvedev at a meeting on the optimal number of federal officials, at the Gorki residence outside Moscow.

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September 20, 2010. President Dmitry Medvedev, left, before a meeting on the optimal number of federal officials, at the Gorki residence outside Moscow. From right: Deputy Prime Minister and Chief of the Government Staff Sergei Sobyanin and Head of the Presidential Executive Office Sergei Naryshkin.

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September 20, 2010. President Dmitry Medvedev, center, at a meeting on the optimal number of federal officials, at the Gorki residence outside Moscow. From right: Deputy Prime Minister and Chief of the Government Staff Sergei Sobyanin and Head of the Presidential Executive Office Sergei Naryshkin.

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September 20, 2010. President Dmitry Medvedev, center, at a meeting on the optimal number of federal officials, at the Gorki residence outside Moscow.

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