Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) and Chinese President Xi Jinping (left) during the meeting in the Kremlin.

Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) and Chinese President Xi Jinping (second from right) during the meeting in the Kremlin.

Chinese President Xi Jinping (right) during the meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin.

Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) and Chinese President Xi Jinping (left) during the meeting in the Kremlin.

Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) and Chinese President Xi Jinping (left) during the meeting in the Kremlin.

Chinese President Xi Jinping (center) during the meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin.

Meeting of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping in the Kremlin.

Meeting of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping in the Kremlin. Deputy Head of the Russian Presidential Administration, Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov (right) and Russian Presidential Aide Yury Ushakov (center) during the meeting.

Meeting of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping in the Kremlin. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu (left) and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (right) during the meeting.

Meeting of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping in the Kremlin. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (left) and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov during the meeting.

Meeting of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping in the Kremlin. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu (right) and Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko (left) during the meeting.

Meeting of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping in the Kremlin. Members of the Russian delegation during the meeting.

Meeting of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping in the Kremlin. From left to right: Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Tatyana Golikova, First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Andrei Belousov, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev during the meeting.

Meeting of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping in the Kremlin. From left to right: Deputy Prime Minister of Russia - Minister of Industry and Trade of Russia Denis Manturov, Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Tatyana Golikova, First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Andrei Belousov, Foreign Minister of Russia Sergei Lavrov and Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev during the meeting.

Russian-Chinese negotiations in the Kremlin. Left to right: Chairman of the Central Bank of Russia Elvira Nabiullina, Deputy Head of the Russian Presidential Administration, Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov, Russian Economic Development Minister Maxim Reshetnikov, Russian Transport Minister Vitaly Savelyev and Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Igor Morgulov before the negotiations.

Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) and Chinese President Xi Jinping (left) during the meeting in the Kremlin.

Russian-Chinese negotiations in the Kremlin. Representatives of the Chinese delegation before the start of negotiations.

Meeting of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping in the Kremlin. From left to right: Deputy Prime Minister of Russia - Minister of Industry and Trade of Russia Denis Manturov, Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Tatyana Golikova, Foreign Minister of Russia Sergei Lavrov and First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Andrei Belousov during the meeting.

Russian-Chinese negotiations in the Kremlin. Representatives of the Chinese delegation before the start of negotiations.

Meeting of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping in the Kremlin. Head of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the CPC Central Committee, member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China Wang Yi (center) during the meeting.

Meeting of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping in the Kremlin. From left to right: Dmitry Peskov, Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration, Press Secretary of the President of Russia, Yury Ushakov, Assistant to the President of Russia, Sergei Shoigu, Minister of Defense of Russia, Dmitry Chernyshenko, Deputy Prime Minister of Russia, Yury Trutnev, Plenipotentiary Envoy of the President of Russia in the Far Eastern Federal District, Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Alexander Novak, Deputy Prime Minister of Russia - Minister of Industry and Trade of Russia Denis Manturov and Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Tatyana Golikova during the meeting.

Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) and Chinese President Xi Jinping (left) during the meeting in the Kremlin.

Meeting of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping in the Kremlin. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu (center) during the meeting.

Meeting of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping in the Kremlin. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (left) and Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev (right) during the meeting.

Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping in the Kremlin. Deputy Prime Minister of Russia - Minister of Industry and Trade of Russia Denis Manturov (left) and Chairman of the Central Bank of Russia Elvira Nabiullina (second left) during the meeting.

Russian-Chinese negotiations in an expanded format in the Kremlin. Head of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the CPC Central Committee, member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China Wang Yi (center) before the signing ceremony of joint documents on deepening relations and areas of cooperation until 2030 between Russia and China.

Russian-Chinese negotiations in an expanded format in the Kremlin. Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev (center) before the signing ceremony of joint documents on deepening relations and areas of cooperation until 2030 between Russia and China.

Russian-Chinese negotiations in the Kremlin. Delegations in St. George's Hall before the start of negotiations.

Russian-Chinese negotiations in an expanded format in the Kremlin. Chinese President Xi Jinping (left) and Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) during the signing ceremony of joint documents on deepening relations and areas of cooperation until 2030 between Russia and China.

Russian-Chinese negotiations in an expanded format in the Kremlin. Chinese President Xi Jinping during the signing ceremony of joint documents on deepening relations and areas of cooperation until 2030 between Russia and China.

Russian-Chinese negotiations in an expanded format in the Kremlin. Chinese President Xi Jinping (left) and Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) during the signing ceremony of joint documents on deepening relations and areas of cooperation until 2030 between Russia and China.

Russian-Chinese negotiations in an expanded format in the Kremlin. Chinese President Xi Jinping (left) and Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) during the signing ceremony of joint documents on deepening relations and areas of cooperation until 2030 between Russia and China.

Russian-Chinese negotiations in an expanded format in the Kremlin. Chinese President Xi Jinping (left) and Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) during the signing ceremony of joint documents on deepening relations and areas of cooperation until 2030 between Russia and China.

Russian-Chinese negotiations in an expanded format in the Kremlin. Head of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the CPC Central Committee, member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China Wang Yi (center) before the signing ceremony of joint documents on deepening relations and areas of cooperation until 2030 between Russia and China.

Russian-Chinese negotiations in an expanded format in the Kremlin. Chinese President Xi Jinping (right) during the signing ceremony of joint documents on deepening relations and areas of cooperation until 2030 between Russia and China.

Russian-Chinese negotiations in an expanded format in the Kremlin. Chinese President Xi Jinping (left) and Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) during the signing ceremony of joint documents on deepening relations and areas of cooperation until 2030 between Russia and China.

Russian-Chinese negotiations in an expanded format in the Kremlin. Chinese President Xi Jinping (left) and Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) during the signing ceremony of joint documents on deepening relations and areas of cooperation until 2030 between Russia and China.

Russian-Chinese negotiations in an expanded format in the Kremlin. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu (left) and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (right) before the start of negotiations.

Russian-Chinese negotiations in an expanded format in the Kremlin. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu (center) after the negotiations.

Russian-Chinese negotiations in an expanded format in the Kremlin. Left to right: Dmitry Peskov, Deputy Head of the Russian Presidential Administration, Presidential Press Secretary, Yuri Ushakov, Russian Presidential Aide, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko before the negotiations.

Russian-Chinese negotiations in an expanded format in the Kremlin. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu (center) after the negotiations.

Russian-Chinese negotiations in the Kremlin. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu before the negotiations.

Russian-Chinese negotiations in the Kremlin. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu before the negotiations.