Original Article Post Date:
Fri, 26/10/2012
Ex-Soviet summit postponed amid worries over Putin's health
By Gleb Bryanski and Andrei Makhovsky
MOSCOW/MINSK | Fri Oct 26, 2012
(Reuters) - A summit of leaders of ex-Soviet states scheduled for the start of November has been postponed, an official said on Friday, amid talk thatRussian President Vladimir Putin is suffering from back trouble.
The Executive Committee of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), a loose group created as the Soviet Union broke apart in 1991, said earlier this month the summit was due to take place in Turkmenistan on November 2.
"The (new) dates are being confirmed. They are being agreed with all the presidents," said CIS spokeswoman Vera Yakubovskaya. She declined to give any reason for the postponement.