(From L to R) Leaders of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev, Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, Tajik President Imomali Rakhmonov, Armenian President Serzh Sarksyan and Uzbek President Islam Karimov arrive for a meeting in Moscow June 14, 2009. CSTO groups Russia, Belarus, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. Belarus on Sunday signalled a growing rift with Russia, saying President Alexander Lukashenko did not attend a security summit in Moscow in protest against a Russian ban on dairy imports from Belarus. Reuters Pictures 4 months ago

(From L to R) Leaders of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev, Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, Tajik President Imomali Rakhmonov, Armenian President Serzh Sarksyan and Uzbek President Islam Karimov arrive for a meeting in Moscow June 14, 2009. CSTO groups Russia, Belarus, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. Belarus on Sunday signalled a growing rift with Russia, saying President Alexander Lukashenko did not attend a security summit in Moscow in protest against a Russian ban on dairy imports from Belarus.

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