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Alyaksandr Lukashenka

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez (R) greets his Belarus' counterpart Alexander Lukashenko as they visit the oil rich Orinoco's Belt in San Tome in the southern state of Anzoategui, 310 miles from in Caracas, December 8, 2007. REUTERS/Ho-Miraflores Palace (VENEZUELA)

VENEZUELA BELARUS

Alyaksandr Lukashenka

Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) and his Belarussian counterpart Aleksander Lukashenko shake hands at the opening of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) summit in Minsk November 28, 2006. REUTERS/ITAR-TASS/PRESIDENTIAL PRESS SERVICE (BELARUS)

CIS-SUMMIT

Viktor Yushcneko

Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko (R), President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili (2R), President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev (2L), President of Lithuania Valdas Adamkus (C) and Lyazzat Kiinov (L), the Special Envoy of the President of Kazakhstan at Wawel Castle in Krakow, May 11, 2007

Lyazzat Kiinov, Valdas Adamkus, Ilham Aliyev, Mikheil Saakashvili snd Yushchenko

Viktor Yushcneko

Ukraine's President Viktor Yushchenko swims in the icy waters of a lake in Kiev January 19, 2009. REUTERS/Mykola Lazarenko/Pool (UKRAINE)

Ukraine's President Viktor Yushchenko

Viktor Yushcneko

Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko (L) and his US counterpart George W. Bush walk in front of honor guard dressed in historical suits during farewell ceremony at Sophia Cathedral in Kiev, Ukraine, 01 April 2008. US President George W. Bush arrived in Ukraine 31 March 2008 with two-day State visit at the start of a tour to push NATO allies for more support in Afghanistan and to reach a compromise with Russia on defence plans. EPA/SERGEY DOLZHENKO

UKRAINE USA BUSH YUSHCHENKO

Viktor Yushcneko

DAVOS/SWITZERLAND, 28JAN05 - Victor A. Yushchenko (R), President of Ukraine, kisses Aleksander Kwasniewski, President of Poland, after his speech during the session 'Special Message: Europe' at the Annual Meeting 2005 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 28, 2005.

Aleksander Kwasniewski, Victor Yushchenko - World Economic Forum Annual Meeting Davos 2005