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President Dmitry Medvedev, right, speaks ...
AP - Hier, 16h46President Dmitry Medvedev, right, speaks at a meeting on Russian economic modernization at the Moscow State University in Moscow, Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009. Medvedev has urged the government to encourage the development of high-tech industries to reduce Russia's dependence on raw materials exports. At left is Kremlin's First Deputy Chief of Staff Vladislav Surkov. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Vladimir Rodionov, Presidential Press Service)