Vladimir Kuroedov and Alexander Belov

Vladimir Kuroedov, left, the Russian Navy Commander-in-chief shakes hands with Alexander Belov, the deputy Chairman of the National Security and Defense Council, after they had sighed the agreement on the Bleak Sea Fleet in Kyiv, Thursday, March 16, 2000. The five Inter-Governmental and two interdepartmental agreements were signed on March 16, in accordance with the results of the sitting of the Third Ukrainian-Russian sub-committee on the Bleak Sea Fleet functioning and its stay in the Ukrainian territory. Photo by Victor Pobedinskyi/ UNIAN