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A Ukrainian Navy's seaman cleans a gun turret on the "Vinnitsa" anti-submarine vessel in Sevastopol, the Crimea, Wednesday, May 28, 1997. Russian Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin arrived in Kiev two days in advance of a scheduled visit by Russian President Boris Yeltsin, who plans to sign a long-delayed political treaty with Kuchma if an agreement is reached on the former Soviet Black Sea Fleet. (KEYSTONE/AP Photo/Sergei Svetlitsky)