Alexei Leonidovich Kudrin is a Russian politician, and the Russian Minister of Finance. He has held the post since 18 May 2000. Jump to: navigation, search Finance studies and addresses the ways in which individuals, businesses and organizations raise, allocate and use monetary resources over time, taking into account the risks entailed in their projects. ... Jump to: navigation, search May 18 is the 138th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (139th in leap years). ... Jump to: navigation, search This article is about the year 2000. ...

Kudrin was born 12 October 1960. He attended Leningrad State University and graduated from that institution in 1983. He worked in the Saint Petersburg Mayoral Office from 1990 to 1996 under Anatoly Sobchak, where he met the future President of Russia, Vladimir Putin. Jump to: navigation, search October 12 is the 285th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (286th in leap years). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1960 was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1983 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Saint Petersburg (Russian: Санкт-Петербу́рг, English transliteration: Sankt-Peterburg), colloquially known as Питер (transliterated Piter), formerly known as Leningrad (Ленингра́д, 1924–1991) and Petrograd (Петрогра́д, 1914–1924), is a city located in Northwestern Russia on the delta of the river Neva at the east end of the Gulf of Finland... Jump to: navigation, search 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Official photography of Anatoly Sobchack as Mayor of Saint Petersburg Anatoly Alexandrovich Sobchak (Russian: , August 10, 1937 - February 20, 2000) was a Russian politician, co-author of Constitution of the Russian Federation, first democratically-elected Mayor of Saint-Petersburg and mentor of Vladimir Putin. ... Jump to: navigation, search Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (Russian: Владимир Владимирович Путин, pronunciation [â–¶], Pútin; born 7 October 1952) is a Russian politician and the current President of the Russian Federation. ...

Kudrin is one of three "Liberal Reformers" in President Putin's Cabinet. The other two are Mikhail Zurabov and German Gref, the ministers of Health and Social Development, and of Economics and Trade, respectively. He is not believed to have any great influence over Putin's policy decisions, and has been referred to as a "Bean Counter" by at least one analyst. Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (Влади́мир Влади́мирович Пу́тин in Cyrillic lettering) (born October 7, 1952) has been the President of Russia since the year 2000. ... Mikhail Yuryevich Zurabov is a Russian politician and the current Minister of Health and Social Development for President Vladimir Putins government. ... German Oskarovich Gref (born February 8, 1964) is the Minister of Economics and Trade of Russia. ... Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (Влади́мир Влади́мирович Пу́тин in Cyrillic lettering) (born October 7, 1952) has been the President of Russia since the year 2000. ...

Kudrin, Gref, and Zurabov all came under fire in early 2005 for economic reforms they tried to implement. Many of the reforms had to do with replacing free benefits, such as medical care and transportation, with cash benefits. This replacement angered many of the elderly because transportation costs are increasing. Protests took place across Russia, but neither the administration nor the State Duma responded to these protests in any substantial way. The President reprimanded Kudrin on national television, and a few members of the State Duma went on a hunger strike for a short period of time. A no-confidence vote against Mikhail Fradkov's cabinet was called by the State Duma in early February, but it failed. Some analysts saw the whole affair as an attempt to either discredit or perhaps get rid of one of the three men by other members of the cabinet. However, this was never proven and Kudrin, Gref, and Zurabov all retained their jobs. Jump to: navigation, search 2005(MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The State Duma (Russian: Государственная дума (Gosudarstvennaya Duma), common abbreviation: Госдума (Gosduma)) in the Russian Federation is the lower house of the Federal Assembly of Russia (parliament), the upper house being the Federation Council of Russia. ... Mikhail Yefimovich Fradkov (Russian: Михаи́л Ефи́мович Фрадко́в) (b. ...

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