Russian President Medvedev meets with Abkhazian leader Bagapsh and South Ossetian counterpart Kokoity

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (L) stands with South Ossetian separatist leader Eduard Kokoity after a signing ceremony in the Kremlin in Moscow on September 17, 2008. Russia has signed new treaties of friendship and cooperation with Georgian breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. (UPI Photo/Anatoli Zhdanov)