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Reuters: Putin Takes All Key Russia Econ Decisions

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin decides on all of Russia's key economic policies, although President Dmitry Medvedev also gets a say on matters like taxes, Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin said in a magazine interview.

"He personally takes all key decisions, in line with his understanding of economics," Kudrin, a 10-year veteran at the helm of the ministry and thus the longest serving G8 Finance Minister, told Euromoney magazine in an interview.

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