Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) gestures next to Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan during their meeting to discuss differences on Syria as UN Security Council prepared to vote on the conflict, in Moscow's Kremlin on July 18, 2012. Russia said today a decisive battle was in progress in Syria and rejected a Western-backed UN resolution on the crisis as it would mean taking sides with a revolutionary movement. AFP PHOTO / POOL / SERGEI KARPUKHIN (Photo credit should read SERGEI KARPUKHIN/AFP/GettyImages)
