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SHOTLIST 1. Wide of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin among business leaders on podium 2. Various of Putin listening to CEO of Deutsche Bank Josef Ackermann 3. Mid of Putin among other panel participants listening to Ackermann 4. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Vladimir Putin, Russian Prime Minister: "As you know, there are currently problems in Portugal, Greece and Ireland and the Euro is a bit unsteady, but the euro is a stable world currency. And certainly it must play its own role. I think, what went wrong in the last decade and what needs to be done: we have to get away from the overwhelming dollar monopoly. It makes the world economy vulnerable and unbalanced." 5. Various of Putin on podium 6. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Vladimir Putin, Russian Prime Minister: "You ask if it can be that one day Russia will be in some joint currency zone with Europe? Yes, this is quite possible." 7. Various of audience listening to Ackermann 8. Wide of podium 9. Mid of female audience member yawning 10. SOUNDBITE (German) Josef Ackermann, Ceo of Deutsche Bank: "Russia being a part of the currency area (euro area) is in Europe's own interest, in particular when you look at what's developing in Asia, (where) it gets more and more big and powerful (mighty)." 11. Mid of panel on podium 12. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Vladimir Putin, Russian Prime Minister: "When we want to be successful and competitive, the rapprochement of Russia and Europe is inevitable." 13. Various of podium, audience applauding 14. Wide of podium, audience applauding 15. Wide of Putin on podium 16. Mid of audience member 17. Close of man with Sueddeutsche Newspaper in audience, camera tilt up to Putin speaking on podium 18. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Vladimir Putin, Russian Prime Minister: "By the way, what I also want to mention is, that our companies, together with the German (partner) companies, legally acquired a part of the gas transport system in Lithuania. Now they are about to be thrown out of Lithuania with reference to the Third Energy Package. They are forced to sell. What is this? What is this arbitrariness?" 19. Wide of Putin speaking on podium STORYLINE: Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Friday that he was confident in the euro despite Europe's swelling debt crisis and criticised the American dollar's dominance as a world reserve currency. Putin said that despite the problems in some heavily indebted Eurozone countries the euro has proven itself as a "a stable world currency," and he called to strengthen its global role. "We have to get away from the overwhelming dollar monopoly. It makes the world economy vulnerable," he told a gathering of business leaders in Berlin through a translator. Still, the 16-nation common currency slipped below 1.32 US dollars in afternoon European trading due to worries that the debt crisis could spread from Ireland to Portugal and Spain. Putin said he was confident the euro would outlast the challenges brought by the sovereign debt crisis, praising the policy of the European Central Bank and the Eurozone member states to preserve the currency. Asked about the possibility of Russia one day adopting the euro as a currency, Putin did not rule out such an option. "The rapprochement of Russia and Europe is inevitable," he said. As well as calling for a reduction to the dollar's dominance in the world economy, Putin noted an agreement signed this week with China to use their respective currencies, the ruble and yuan, for bilateral trade in the future. Deutsche Bank AG's Chief Executive Josef Ackermann echoed Putin's comments saying the world should "reduce the currency system's dependence on one dominant currency such as the dollar". The Russian Prime Minister singled out a project in Lithuania. You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/b1285b93e904dd08af6dcc028219f1e7 Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork