MOSCOW — Russia’s finance minister has said he will step down rather than serve under Dmitry Medvedev if the president becomes prime minister next year as planned. Alexei Kudrin has been finance minister since 2000 and his conservative fiscal policies are widely credited with helping Russia weather the 2008-2009 global financial crisis. Read full article > >

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Russia’s finance minister says he will quit when Dmitry Medvedev becomes prime minister