In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik (from L) Belarus' President Alexander Lukashenko, Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Armenia's Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan, Kyrgyzstan's President Sadyr Japarov, Russia' President of Vladimir Putin, and Chairman of the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission Bakytzhan Sagintayev attend 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)