September 15, 2015. President Vladimir Putin (left) and Tajik President Emomali Rakhmon talk after the end of the summit of the Collective Security Treaty Organization in the Tajik capital.

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September 15, 2015. President Vladimir Putin (center in the foreground) and and Tajik President Emomali Rakhmon (center in the background) at the farewell ceremony in the Tajik capital.

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September 15, 2015. Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Tajik President Emomali Rakhmon after the Collective Security Treaty Organization summit in Dushanbe.

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September 15, 2015. Russian President Vladimir Putin during a meeting with Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev following the Collective Security Treaty Organization summit in Dushanbe.

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September 15, 2015. Dushanbe. Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, and President of Kyrgyzstan Almazbek Atambayev, left, meet after the Collective Security Treaty Organization summit.

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September 15, 2015. Dushanbe. President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko during signing of documents after regular session of the Collective Security Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) at the Palace of Nations.

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September 15, 2015. Dushanbe. President of Tajikistan Emomali Rakhmon, second right, and Tajik Foreign Minister Sirodjidin Aslov, second left, during signing of documents after regular session of the Collective Security Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) at the Palace of Nations.

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September 15, 2015. Dushanbe. President of Kyrgyzstan Almazbek Atambayev during signing of documents after regular session of the Collective Security Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) at the Palace of Nations.

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September 15, 2015. President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan, center, during signing of documents after regular session of the Collective Security Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) at the Palace of Nations.

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September 15, 2015. Dushanbe. President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev, center, during signing of documents after regular session of the Collective Security Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) at the Palace of Nations.

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September 15, 2015. Dushanbe. Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, during signing of documents after regular session of the Collective Security Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) at the Palace of Nations. Foreground left: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.

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September 15, 2015. Dushanbe. Russian President Vladimir Putin, foreground, during signing of documents after regular session of the Collective Security Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) at the Palace of Nations.

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September 15, 2015. Dushanbe. From left: Russian President Vladimir Putin, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev during signing of documents after regular session of the Collective Security Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) at the Palace of Nations.

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September 15, 2015. Dushanbe. From left: Sergei Lebedev, Chairman of the CIS Executive Committee and CIS Executive Secretary, and Dmitry Mezentsev, Secretary General of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, before extended meeting of regular session of the Collective Security Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) at the Palace of Nations.

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September 15, 2015. Dushanbe. Foreground from left: Russia’s Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev and Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, as well as Deputy Russian Security Council Secretary Rashid Nurgaliyev, background, before extedned meeting of regular session of the Collective Security Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) at the Palace of Nations.

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September 15, 2015. Dushanbe. Russian President Vladimir Putin attends extended meeting of regular session of the Collective Security Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) at the Palace of Nations.

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September 15, 2015. Dushanbe. Foreground from left: Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev and Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu before extended meeting of regular session of the Collective Security Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) at the Palace of Nations. Background right: Deputy Russian Security Council Secretary Rashid Nurgaliyev.

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September 15, 2015. Dushanbe. Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, attends extended meeting of regular session of the Collective Security Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) at the Palace of Nations. Left: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. Background right: Deputy Russian Security Council Secretary Rashid Nurgaliyev.

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September 15, 2015. Dushanbe. From left: Sergei Lebedev, Chairman of the CIS Executive Committee and CIS Executive Secretary, and Dmitry Mezentsev, Secretary General of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, before meeting of regular session of the Collective Security Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) at the Palace of Nations.

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September 15, 2015. Dushanbe. Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, attends meeting of regular session of the Collective Security Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) at the Palace of Nations. Left: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. Right: Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev.

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September 15, 2015. Dushanbe. Foreground from left: Russian President Vladimir Putin, President of Tajikistan Emomali Rakhmon and President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, as well as President of Kyrgyzstan Almazbek Atambayev, background right, before meeting of regular session of the Collective Security Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) at the Palace of Nations.

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September 15, 2015. Dushanbe. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov before meeting of regular session of the Collective Security Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) at the Palace of Nations.

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September 15, 2015. Dushanbe. Russian President Vladimir Putin attends extended meeting of regular session of the Collective Security Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) at the Palace of Nations.

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September 15, 2015. Dushanbe. Russian President Vladimir Putin attends meeting of regular session of the Collective Security Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) at the Palace of Nations.

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September 15, 2015. Dushanbe. Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, attends meeting of regular session of the Collective Security Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) at the Palace of Nations. Left: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. Background right: Russian Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office.

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September 15, 2015. President of Tajikistan Emomali Rakhmon, right, and President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev, left, before meeting of regular session of the Collective Security Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) at the Palace of Nations.

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September 15, 2015. President of Tajikistan Emomali Rakhmon, right, and President of Kyrgyzstan Almazbek Atambayev, left, before restricted meeting of regular session of the Collective Security Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) at the Palace of Nations.

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September 15, 2015. President of Tajikistan Emomali Rakhmon, right, and President of Kyrgyzstan Almazbek Atambayev, left, before restricted meeting of regular session of the Collective Security Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) at the Palace of Nations.

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September 15, 2015. Dushanbe. Russian President Vladimir Putin attends restricted meeting of regular session of the Collective Security Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) at the Palace of Nations.

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September 15, 2015. Dushanbe. Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, attends restricted meeting of regular session of the Collective Security Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) at the Palace of Nations.

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September 15, 2015. President Vladimir Putin (center) at the narrow-attendance meeting of a regular session of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Council in the Palace of Nations in Dushanbe. From left to right in the background: CSTO Secretary-General Nikolai Bordyuzha and Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev. From right to left in the background: Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan and Tajik President Emomali Rakhmon.

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September 15, 2015. Dushanbe. Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, and President of Kyrgyzstan Almazbek Atambayev, left, during photo opportunity before regular session of the Collective Security Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) at the Palace of Nations.

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September 15, 2015. Dushanbe. Russian President Vladimir Putin, third right, during photo opportunity before regular session of the Collective Security Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) at the Palace of Nations. From left: President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev and President of Tajikistan Emomali Rakhmon. From right: CSTO Secretary General Nikolai Bordyuzha and President of Kyrgyzstan Almazbek Atambayev.

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September 15, 2015. President Emomali Rakhmon of the Republic of Tajikistan, center, meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin and national delegations at the residence of the national Government.

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September 15, 2015. Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, meets with President Emomali Rakhmon of the Republic of Tajikistan and national delegations at the residence of the national Government.

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September 15, 2015. Russian President Vladimir Putin, fifth left, meets with President Emomali Rakhmon of the Republic of Tajikistan, third right, and national delegations at the residence of the national Government.

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September 15, 2015. Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, meets with President Emomali Rakhmon of the Republic of Tajikistan at the residence of the national Government.

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