In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik Russia's President Vladimir Putin talks to Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev during the narrow-format meeting of 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)