Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev (L) shakes hands with his Belarussian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko as they meet at the Kremlin in Moscow, December 10, 2009. President 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.
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