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Sat, Sep 24 2011 Related News Russia's finance chief rebels over Putin plan Sun, Sep 25 2011 Finance minister rules out role in next Russian government Sun, Sep 25 2011 Putin sets stage for return as Russian president Sat, Sep 24 2011 Analysts' view: Putin to return to the Kremlin Sat, Sep 24 2011 Analysis & Opinion The US elections and pandering to Israel The superpower vacuum Related Topics World » Russia » Russian Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin (L) attends a meeting of the Commission of Modernisation and Technical Development headed by President Dmitry Medvedev (R) in the city of Dimitrovgrad September 26, 2011. Medvedev told Kudrin on Monday to resign after Kudrin refused to serve in a government that Medvedev is expected to lead next year under a job swap with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. Credit: Reuters/Dmitry Astakhov/RIA Novosti/Kremlin By Alexei Anishchuk DIMITROVGRAD, Russia | Mon Sep 26, 2011 11:37am EDT DIMITROVGRAD, Russia (Reuters) - President Dmitry Medvedev angrily told Russia's finance minister to quit on Monday after he rebelled against a plan for Medvedev to become prime minister if Vladimir Putin returns to the Kremlin next year. Western investors regard Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin as a guarantor of financial stability and have said his departure would be a deep blow to Russia's economy and set back prospects for carrying out reforms. Kudrin, a close ally of Putin, said on Sunday he disagreed with Medvedev over economic policy and would not be able to serve in a government under him if Putin returns the presidency in a March 2012 election. "Such statements appear improper...and can in no way be justified. Nobody has revoked discipline and subordination," Medvedev said in an unusually bitter exchange at a meeting with officials, including Kudrin, in the Volga city of Dimitrovgrad. "If, Alexei Leonidovich, you disagree with the course of the president, there is only one course of action and you know it: to resign...Naturally, it's necessary to answer here and now: Will you write a resignation letter?" Kudrin looked stunned. "Yes, it is indeed true that I have disagreements with you. I will take a decision on your proposal after consulting with the prime minister (Putin)," Kudrin responded. As president, Medvedev cannot dismiss Kudrin. Putin's announcement on Saturday that he planned to return to the Kremlin next year after nearly four years as prime minister was intended to end political uncertainty that has been undermining Russia's economic performance. But Kudrin's dissent meant the facade of unity was cracked less than 24 hours later, and unsettled investors who praise him for policies which helped Russia through the global economic crisis in 2008. The fact that he chose to break ranks while in Washington for talks on the global economy risked particularly irking Putin because he has spared some of his fiercest rhetoric for the United States. Just how deep the cracks in unity go, and how much dissent Putin faces, is unclear. Most government and Kremlin officials kept a low profile on Monday. None rushed to side with Kudrin. LONG ALLIANCE WITH PUTIN Kudrin, 50, has been a close ally of Putin since they worked together in the St Petersburg city administration in the 1990s. In a sign of Putin's faith in him, he has been in his job for 11 years, through Putin's two terms as president and his current spell as prime minister. 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