Vladimir Rodionov
Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev, right, speaks with his Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva during their bilateral meeting at the first full-fledged summit of Brazil, Russia, India and China, collectively called BRIC, in the Ural Mountains city of Yekaterinburg, Russia, Tuesday, June 16, 2009. Officials from Russia, China and Brazil have said in recent weeks that they would invest in bonds issued by the International Monetary Fund to diversify their dollar-heavy currency reserves. While BRIC members share a desire to play a bigger role in creating a new global financial order and counterbalancing the West and Japan, their often contradictory interests would make forging a common policy a difficult task.(AP Photo/ RIA Novosti, Vladimir Rodionov, Presidential Press Service)
