In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik Russia's President Vladimir Putin (R) talks to Belarus' President Alexander Lukashenko during the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) at the Palace of Independence in Astana on May 29, 2026. The Russian president is on a state visit to Kazakhstan. (Photo by Alexander KAZAKOV / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)