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Crown Prince Mohammed bin Naif bin Abdul Aziz, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, and Minister of Interior of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan Gen. Meles Torganbayev. SPA
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From right, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev and Belarusian President, Alexander Lukashenko shake hands after signing an agreement to create the Eurasian Economic Union in Astana, Kazakhstan, on Thursday, May 29, 2014. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press Service)
Putin forms ex-Soviet trade bloc to challenge EU, US
Astana, Kazakhstan—Russian President Vladimir Putin Thursday signed a treaty with his counterparts from Kazakhstan and Belarus creating a trading bloc of more than 170 million people to challenge the United States and European Union. The formal creation of the...Caption:
A handout picture made available by the Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s official website on 10 September 2013 shows Rouhani speaking in a live broadcast interview, in Tehran, Iran, 10 September 2013 (EPA/IRANIAN PRESIDENTIAL WEBSITE/HANDOUT)