June 17, 2009. Foreign Ministers of Germany and Poland, Radoslaw Sikorski (not pictured) and Frank-Walter Steinmeier visit Ukraine.The visit is aimed at assessing how the European Union can help assure the battered country`s stability. Frank-Walter Steinmeier of Germany and Poland`s Radoslaw Sikorski arrived in Kiev for one day of talks with the Ukrainian government, parliament and the opposition. Pictured: Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko (l), German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier (c)and Foreign Minister of Poland Radoslaw Sikorski
 

June 17, 2009. An economic and political alliance of the BRIC nations – Brazil, Russia, India and China at a meeting in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg. The so-called BRIC nations of Brazil, Russia, India and China called for reform of international financial institutions. Pictured: l-r resident of Brazil Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva , Russian President Dmitry Medvedev , China`s President Hu Jintao and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the summit of BRIC in Ekaterinburg, Russia
 

June 16, 2009. The Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization held in the Urals city of Ekaterinburg, Russia. Pictured: President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev attending the the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit
 

June 15, 2009. A summit of the post-Soviet CSTO security bloc leaders opened in Moscow on Sunday in the absence of the Belarusian president, who pulled out of the meeting in protest against Russia`s trade restrictions. Pictured: l-r Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan , Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev , Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev , Russian President Dmitry Medvedev , Tajik President Imomali Rakhmon , Uzbek President Islam Karimov and the Collective Security Treaty Organization`s Secretary General Nikolai Bordyuzha at the Collective Security Treaty Organizatio summit in Moscow Kremlin on June 14, 2009
 

June 10, 2009. Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko has suggested amending the constitution. “We must do that in order to stabilize Ukraine,” he told at the press conference in Kiev. “I insist that the parliament must hear my constitutional amendments and refer them to the Constitutional Court. I hope that the Venice Commission will evaluate my constitutional amendments in June,” Yushchenko said.
 

June 05, 2009. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (l) meets with President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan (not pictured) and Serzh Sarkisian (Serzh Sargsyan ) (r) of Armenia (not pictured) in St. Petersburg on June 4, 2009. The leaders of bitter ex-Soviet rivals Armenia and Azerbaijan met for rare peace talks as Russia cast itself as peacemaker in the South Caucasus. Russia called for a peaceful resolution of Armenia-Azerbaijan dispute over the Nagorny Karabakh region.
 

June 02, 2009. President of Ukraine Victor Yushchenko visits Vatican. Pictured: Victor Yushchenko at the meeting with Pope Benedict XVI in Vatican
 

May 22, 2009. Russia-EU summit in Khabarovsk. Pictured: l-r European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso , Russian President Dmitry Medvedev , President Vaclav Claus of the Czech Republic, now presiding in the EU, and High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) and the Secretary-General of both the Council of the European Union (EU) and the Western European Union (WEU) Javier Solana at the Russia-EU summit in Khabarovsk
 

May 22, 2009. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev at the Russia-EU summit in Khabarovsk
 

May 15, 2009. Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko visits Switzerland . Pictured: President Viktor Yushchenko (r) at the meeting with President of Switzerland Hans-Rudolf Merz
 

May 14, 2009. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin visits Mongolia . Pictured: Vladimir Putin at the meeting with President of Mongolia Nambaryn Enkhbayar (r)in Ulan Bator
 

May 14, 2009. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin visits Japan . Pictured: Vladimir Putin at the meeting with Prime Minister of Japan Taro Aso (r) in Tokyo
 

May 13, 2009. President of Finland Tarja Halonen visits Ukraine. Pictured: President of Finland Tarja Halonen (l)at the meeting with Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko (r) in Kyiv , Ukraine.
 

May 12, 2009. Victory Day celebrations in Moscow. Pictured: President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (l) while wreath laying ceremony at the Unknown Soldier Tomb near the Kremlin Wall
 

May 08, 2009. Eastern Partnership Summit organised by the Czech European Union Presidency in Prague. Pictured: Summit participants: EU High Representative Javier Solana (l) German Chancellor Angela Merkel (c), the President of the European Parliament Hans-Gert Pöttering (r) British Foreign Secretary David Miliband (back)