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MOS16-19991209-MOSCOW, RUSSIAN FEDERATION: Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko (L) and Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (R) talk to media during a short press briefing prior to the departure of Lukashenko from Moscow's "Vnukovo-2" airport Thursday, 09 December, 1999, at the end of his official visit during which he signed with Russian President Boris Yeltsin treaty about Russian-Belarussian union. EPA PHOTO/EPA/SERGEI CHIRIKOV