RUSSIAN PRESIDENT PUTIN AND HIS COUNTERPARTS KUCHMA OF UKRAINE AND
VORONIN OF MOLDOVA SPEAK TO MEDIA IN ODESSA.


The three presidents (L-R) Vladimir Putin of Russia, Leonid Kuchma of
Ukraine and Vladimir Voronin of Moldova speak to media after their
meeting in Odessa, March 17, 2002. The leaders arrived in Odessa on
Sunday for a one-day meeting. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin