Leonid Kuchma and Boris Yeltsin with spouses

From left to right Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma, Russian former President Yeltsin's wife Naina, Ukrainian first lady Liudmila Kuchma and Russian former President Boris Yeltsin are seen during their meeting in Ukraine's Ivano-Frankivsk region, 599 km (371 miles) west of the capital Kiev, Saturday, Nov. 15, 2003. Yeltsin renewed assurances in his long standing friendship despite a recent border crisis that slightly damaged relations between the two former Soviet Republics. Photo by Valery Solovyov / presidential press-service / UNIAN