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Medvedev: world needs financial overhaul

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Published 06 November, 2008, 15:20

The world needs a new financial architecture to become more resilient to crises in the future, said Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. He was speaking along with Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, who visited Moscow on Thursday.

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