The leaders of Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, and Tajikistan will formally sign the new Treaty on Collective Security in Dushanbe on 28 April, \"Nezavisimaya gazeta\" reported on 21 April. The alliance will be known as the Organization of the Treaty on Collective Security (ODKB). The paper said the summit will formalize a split in the CIS between countries oriented toward Moscow and countries that now openly follow U.S. interests. While the ODKB countries are united by common military threats, says \"Nezavisimaya gazeta,\" they also have political and economic disagreements, which means some of them will not follow Moscow\'s lead in foreign and military policies. \"The United States, as a richer and more influential partner, remains Russia\'s chief rival even in the part of the CIS that is usually considered unequivocally \'pro-Russian.\'\" (RFE/RL)