Když Putin jmenoval ministrem pro hospodářský rozvoj Germana Grefa, reformátora ze Sankt Petěrburku, prezidentova rodiště, dal mu za úkol, aby navrhnul dlouhodobou strategii ekonomické reformy.
When President Putin made German Gref (a reformer from Saint Petersburg, the president's home city) minister in charge of economic development, he ordered him to draw up a longterm strategy for economic reform.