President Robert Kocharyan (ruler of ARMENIA since 1998-02-04) | President Geydar Aliyev (ruler of AZERBAIJAN since 1993-09-01) | President Alexander Lukashenko (ruler of BELARUS since 1994-07-20) | President Eduard Shevardnadze (ruler of GEORGIA since 1992-03-10) | President Askar Akayev (ruler of KYRGYZSTAN since 1990-10-27) | President Nursultan Nazarbayev (ruler of KAZAKHSTAN since 1989-06-22) | President Vladimir Voronin (ruler of MOLDOVA since 2001-04-07) | President Vladimir Putin (ruler of RUSSIA since 1999-12-31) | Secretary Yury Yarov (ruler of INDEPENDENT STATES since 1999-04-02) | President Emomali Rakhmonov (ruler of TAJIKISTAN since 1992-11-19) | President Turkmenbashi Saparmurat Niyazov (ruler of TURKMENISTAN since 1985-12-21) | President Leonid Kuchma (ruler of UKRAINE since 1994-07-19) |