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G20 Finance Ministers' meeting, on March 14, 2009 (AFP Photo / Leon Neal)

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Published 14 March, 2009, 12:27

No real solutions will immediately arise as a result of the upcoming G20 meeting in London, says political analyst Kirill Bessonov of the Moscow News.

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