RUSSIAN PRESIDENT PUTIN ATTENDS CIS SUMMIT IN MINSK

(L to R) Presidents Vladimir Putin of Russia, Viktor Yuschenko of Ukraine, Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus, Islam Karimov of Uzbekistan, Kurmanbek Bakiyev of Kyrgyzstan and Nursultan Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan walk before their summit in Minsk, Belarus on November 28, 2006. The heads of 11 former Soviet republics on Tuesday opened a summit of the Commonwealth of Independent States expected to focus on reforming the 15-year-old organization. (UPI Photo/Anatoli Zhdanov)