Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev (R) and his Belarussian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko take part in state award presentation ceremony at the Kremlin in Moscow December 10, 2009. Lukashenko on Thursday signed a decree approving the sale of state-controlled BPS Bank to Russia's biggest lender, Sberbank, for slightly over $280 million. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin (RUSSIA BUSINESS POLITICS IMAGES OF THE DAY)