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Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko (L) speaks with his Kyrgyz counterpart Kurmanbek Bakiyev at a summit of ex-Soviet leaders in Bishkek October 10, 2008. Eleven ex-Soviet states forming the loose Commonwealth of Independent States decided on Friday to join forces in handling the impact of the global financial crisis, Bakiyev said.
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (L) walks past an honour guard with Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko (L) in Minsk on October 6, 2008. Putin was to meet Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko on Monday for economic talks expected to be overshadowed by tensions over Georgia's rebel regions.
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko (L) and his son Nikolay leave a booth at a polling station in Minsk on September 28, 2008. Belarusians vote in parliamentary elections that could determine whether President Alexander Lukashenko's regime warms to the West or moves deeper into Russia's orbit.
Nikolay, the son of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko (R) shows his father's passport to electoral staff at a polling station in Minsk on September 28, 2008. Belarusians vote in parliamentary elections that could determine whether President Alexander Lukashenko's regime warms to the West or moves deeper into Russia's orbit.