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Großansicht des Bildes mit der Bildunterschrift: Greater unity between CIS nations was urged to battle the financial crisis A meeting of ex-Soviet states was finalized in Kyrgyzstan on Friday as Russian President Dmitry Medvedev assailed critics of Russia's pullout from Georgia and endorsed an expanded G8 summit to include developing nations. Medvedev also used the two-day summit to argue for an EU-style platform of cooperation within the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), whose members are all ex-USSR satellites. "Considering the crisis the international financial system is going through, it's necessary to take really effective measures to protect markets and ensure their future stability," Medvedev said Thursday, praising the example of European Union cooperation in the face of financial crisis. "We need such... [read full story]
