From left, Belarus' President Alexander Lukashenko, Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Kyrgyzstan's President Sadyr Zhaparov, Armenia's Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, Russia's President Vladimir Putin, Tajikistan's President Emomali Rahmon and CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas pose for a photo prior to a regular session of the Collective Security Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) in Yerevan, Armenia, Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2022. (Vahram Baghdasaryan, Photolure via AP)