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President Vladimir Putin and Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin examined plans to make the rouble the common currency of the Russian-Belarusian Union at a working meeting in the Kremlin.
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President Vladimir Putin held a working meeting with Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin • President of Russia
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