Vladimir Putin, Valeryi Pustovoytenko and Yuryi Yaron

From the left to the right: Vladimir Putin, the Prime Minister of Russia, his Ukrainian counterpart Valeryi Pustovoytenko and Yuryi Yaron, the CIC executive secretary in front of the entrance to the Livadiiskyi Palace, Yalta, the Crimea, on Saturday, October 8, 1999. That day took place the concluding press conference of the sitting of the political executives and the CIC Foreign Affairs Ministers. Pustovoytenko expressed the satisfaction by the sitting's work. He is sure that it is necessary to widen the economical cooperation between the CIC. According to him, today the key-question is solved - the forming of the free trade zone between the CIC countries. Photo by Andrey Kanishev/ UNIAN