Russia will delay introduction of prohibitive duties on raw timber exports by 9-12 months, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin told Finland's Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen at a meeting in Moscow on 13. Nov 08. "Taking into account the fact that reduction of supplies from Russia could lead not only to production cuts at Finnish factories but also to negative social consequences, the Russian government deems it possible to postpone by 9-12 months raising tariffs on all non-processed timber