Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (L) meets with Prime Ministers Robert Fico of Slovakia (R), Sergei Stanishev of Bulgaria (3rd R), and Zinaida Gereceanii of Moldova (2nd R) outside Moscow in Barvikha on January 14, 2009, to discuss the gas delivery crisis. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev called for a summit of states hit by the gas crisis as Russia accused Ukraine of holding Europe 'hostage' by blocking efforts to resume gas supplies. Getty Images logo Getty Images 10 months ago

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (L) meets with Prime Ministers Robert Fico of Slovakia (R), Sergei Stanishev of Bulgaria (3rd R), and Zinaida Gereceanii of Moldova (2nd R) outside Moscow in Barvikha on January 14, 2009, to discuss the gas delivery crisis. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev called for a summit of states hit by the gas crisis as Russia accused Ukraine of holding Europe 'hostage' by blocking efforts to resume gas supplies.

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  1. Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt welcomes Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico, left, at the European Council building in Brussels, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009. EU leaders are bracing for an arduous diplomatic battle at summit talks over who to name as the EU's first full-time president and new foreign policy chief.
  2. BRATISLAVA, SLOVAK REPUBLIC - NOVEMBER 18: (L-R) European Parliament President Jerzy Buzek, Speaker of the Slovenian National Assembly, France Cukjati and Speaker of the Swedish Riksdag Per Westerberg during a meeting at the Slovak Parliament (NR SR) building on November 18, 2009, in Bratislava, Slovakia. Jerzy Buzek attended a meeting on the 20th anniversary of the Velvet revolution and earlier in the day met with Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, where the two politicians discussed military operations in Afghanistan and the upcoming summit on climate change in Copenhagen.
  3. BRATISLAVA, SLOVAK REPUBLIC - NOVEMBER 12: (L-R) Slovakia players Marek Cech, Martin Skrtel and Stanislav Sestak listen to Prime Minister Robert Fico (not pictured) during a celebration meeting of Slovak Premier with members of the Slovak national football team on qualifying for FIFA World Cup 2010 in South Africa on November 12, 2009, in Bratislava, Slovakia. Slovak team qualified for their first ever World Cup finals in a history of Slovakia.

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