November 05, 2008. Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi visits Belarus. Muammar Gaddafi in Minsk , Belarus
 

October 31, 2008. The Belgian Prime Minister Yves Leterme visits Ukraine. Belgian Prime Minister Yves Leterme (l) and Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko (r) met in Kiev, Ukraine
 

October 31, 2008. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev dismissed Murat Zyazikov as president of the North Caucasus republic of Ingushetia. Pictured: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (r) meeting Ihgushetya President Murat Zyazikov (l) at his residence in Sochi. Zyazikov, 51, a former KGB officer and a close ally of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, has served as president of the troubled region, which neighbors with Chechnya, since 2002.
 

October 29, 2008. Ukraine-Poland Forum in Donetsk city of Ukraine. Pictured: President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko (r) and President of Poland Lech Kaczynski (l)
 

October 29, 2008. EU-Russia Permanent Partnership Council meeting in St.Petersburg . Pictured: French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner
 

October 29, 2008. OSCE Chairman-in-Office and Finnish Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb at the meeting with St.Petersburg`s governor Valentina Matvyenko (not pictured)
 

October 28, 2008. Vietnamese President Nguyen Minh Triet visits Russia . Presidents Dmitry Medvedev (l) of Russia and Nguyen Minh Triet of Vietnam at the Russian-Vietnamese talks in the Kremlin
 

October 28, 2008. Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko visits Turkey. Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko (l) with Turkish President Abdullah Gul (r) met in Istanbul
 

October 23, 2008. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev visits Yerevan , Armenia
 

October 21, 2008. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev arrived in Armenia on a two-day official visit at the invitation of Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan. Pictured: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan (l) met in Yerevan
 

October 10, 2008. French President Nicolas Sarkozy (l) and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (r) at the World Policy Conference in Evian, France.
 

October 10, 2008. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev visits Kyrgyzstan. Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev (r) welcomes President Dmitry Medvedev in Bishkek.
 

October 09, 2008. Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko visits Italy . Italian Prime-minister Silvio Berluskoni (r) welcomes President Viktor Yushchenko
 

October 08, 2008. Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko (pictured) held consultations with Rada (Ukrainian Parliament) factions leaders regarding the early dissolution of the 6th Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian Parliament)
 

October 08, 2008. Interpol`s 77th General Assembly meeting in St.Petersburg , Russia. Vladimir Putin, Russian prime minister, addressed the opening of the General Assembly and called on participants to work together to counter ongoing threats facing nations around the world. `Russia has always urged the international community to join forces in fighting crime, because only by working together will we tackle crime,` Putin said in a statement.