March 15, 2011. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, far center, Belarussian Prime Minister Mikhail Myasnikovich, far left, and Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Karim Massimov, far right, at the joint news conference of the participants of EurAsEC Inter-State Council meeting.

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March 15, 2011. From left: Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Karim Massimov are talking during their meeting in "Frunze" residence, Minsk.

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March 15, 2011. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin at the joint news conference of the participants of EurAsEC Inter-State Council meeting.

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March 15, 2011. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin at the joint news conference of the participants of EurAsEC Inter-State Council meeting.

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March 15, 2011. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, center, Belarussian head of government Mikhail Myasnikovich, left, and Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Karim Massimov, right, at the joint news conference of the participants of EurAsEC Inter-State Council meeting.

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March 15, 2011. From right: Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and Belarussian Prime Minister Mikhail Myasnikovich at the joint news conference of the participants of EurAsEC Inter-State Council meeting.

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March 15, 2011. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin at the joint news conference of the participants of EurAsEC Inter-State Council meeting.

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Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Karim Massimov at the joint news conference of the participants of EurAsEC Inter-State Council meeting.

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Prime Minister of Belarus Mikhail Myasnikovich at the joint news conference of the participants of EurAsEC Inter-State Council meeting.

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Prime Minister of Belarus Mikhail Myasnikovich at the joint news conference of the participants of EurAsEC Inter-State Council meeting.

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March 15, 2011. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, center, Belarussian head of government Mikhail Myasnikovich, left, and Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Karim Massimov, right, at the joint news conference of the participants of EurAsEC Inter-State Council meeting.

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March 15, 2011. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, far center, at the meeting of the EurAsEC Inter-State Council.

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March 15, 2011. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, center, Belarussian Prime Minister Mikhail Myasnikovich, left, Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Karim Massimov, second from left, Customs Union executive secretary Sergey Glazyev, right, and Secretary General of the Eurasian Economic Community Tiar Mansurov, second from right, during the photo session of the participants of the EurAsEC Inter-State Council meeting, the supreme body of the Customs Union, at the level of head of governments.

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March 15, 2011. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin at the meeting of the EurAsEC Inter-State Council.

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March 15, 2011. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin at the meeting of the EurAsEC Inter-State Council.

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March 15, 2011. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, center, First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov, left, and Deputy Prime Minister - Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin, right, at the EurAsEC Inter-State Council meeting in Minsk.

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March 15, 2011. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, second from left in the background, and Belarussian Prime Minister Mikhail Myasnikovich, far left, during the signing of joint documents upon Russian-Belarussian talks. From left in the foreground: Minister of Labor and Social Security Marianna Schetkina and Yuri Voronin, State Secretary - Deputy Health and Social Development Minister of the Russian Federation.

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March 15, 2011. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, far center, and Belarussian Prime Minister Mikhail Myasnikovich, far left, during the signing of joint documents upon Russian-Belarussian talks. Far right is State Secretary of the Union State Pavel Borodin. From left in the foreground: President of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus Anatoly Rusetsky and head of the Federal Space Agency Anatoly Perminov.

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March 15, 2011. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, far center, and Belarussian Prime Minister Mikhail Myasnikovich, far left, during the signing of joint documents upon Russian-Belarussian talks. Far right is State Secretary of the Union State Pavel Borodin. From left in the foreground: Belarus Energy Minister Alexender Ozerets and Russian Energy Minister Sergey Shmatko are signing an agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and Belarus Government on measures to ensure parallel activity of the united power system of Russia and the united power system of Belarus.

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March 15, 2011. From left: Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and Belarussian Prime Minister Mikhail Myasnikovich are talking after the meeting of the Union State Council of Ministers in "Frunze" residence, Minsk.

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March 15, 2011. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, second from left, Belarussian Prime Minister Mikhail Myasnikovich, left, State Secretary of the Union State Pavel Borodin, second from right, and Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov, right, at the meeting of the Union State Council of Ministers in "Frunze" residence, Minsk.

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March 15, 2011. From left: Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and State Secretary of the Union State Pavel Borodin at the meeting of the Union State Council of Ministers in "Frunze" residence, Minsk.

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Belarussian Prime Minister Mikhail Myasnikovich at the meeting of the Union State Council of Ministers in "Frunze" residence, Minsk.

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March 15, 2011. From left: Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and Belarussian Prime Minister Mikhail Myasnikovich are taking part in the meeting of the Union State Council of Ministers in "Frunze" residence, Minsk.

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From left: Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov, State Secretary of the Union State Pavel Borodin, and Russian Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin, right, are talking before the meeting of the Union State Council of Ministers in "Frunze" residence, Minsk.

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From left: Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov and Russian Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin are talking before the meeting of the Union State Council of Ministers in "Frunze" residence, Minsk.

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From left: Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov, State Secretary of the Union State Pavel Borodin, and Russian Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin are talking before the meeting of the Union State Council of Ministers in "Frunze" residence, Minsk.

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Alexei Kudrin, Russian Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister, prior to the meeting of the Union State Council of Ministers in "Frunze" residence, Minsk.

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March 15, 2011. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, second from right in the background, and Belarussian Prime Minister Mikhail Mysanikovich at the Russia-Belarus talks in Minsk.

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March 15, 2011. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin at the Russia-Belarus talks in Minsk.

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March 15, 2011. From right: Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov and Economic Development Minister Elvira Nabiullina at the Russia-Belarus talks in Minsk.

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Belorussian Prime Minister Mikhail Myasnikovich, center, at the Russia-Belarus talks in Minsk.

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March 15, 2011. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin at the Russia-Belarus talks in Minsk.

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Belorussian Prime Minister Mikhail Myasnikovich at the Russia-Belarus talks in Minsk.

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Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov, right, at the Russia-Belarus talks in Minsk.

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From left: Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin meeting with his Belarusian counterpart Mikhail Myasnikovich at the Belarusian National Library in Minsk, March 15, 2011.

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From right, foreground: Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin meeting with his Belarusian counterpart Mikhail Myasnikovich at the Belarusian National Library in Minsk, March 15, 2011.

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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (pictured) meeting with his Belarusian counterpart Mikhail Myasnikovich at the Belarusian National Library in Minsk, March 15, 2011.

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Belarusian Prime Minister Mikhail Myasnikovich (pictured) meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin at the National Library in Minsk.

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From left: Prime Minister Vladimir Putin meeting with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko in Minsk, March 15, 2011.

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From left: Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin meeting with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko in Minsk.

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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (pictured) meeting with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko in Minsk, March 15, 2011.

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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (pictured) meeting with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko in Minsk, March 15, 2011.

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Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko (pictured) meeting with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in Minsk

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Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko (pictured) meeting with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in Minsk

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From left: Prime Minister Vladimir Putin meeting with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko in Minsk, March 15, 2011.

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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (left) being welcomed at the Minsk airport, March 15, 2011. Center, background: Pavel Borodin, Secretary of the Union State.

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