Working trip of Russian President Vladimir Putin to Minsk. Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko (right) during a meeting at the Palace of Independence.

Working trip of Russian President Vladimir Putin to Minsk. Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko (right) during a meeting at the Palace of Independence.

Working trip of Russian President Vladimir Putin to Minsk. Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko (right) during a meeting at the Palace of Independence.

Working trip of Russian President Vladimir Putin to Minsk. Deputy Head of the Russian Presidential Administration, Press Secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov (left) and Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Alexander Novak (second from left) before the meeting of the presidents of Russia and Belarus at the Palace of Independence.

Working trip of Russian President Vladimir Putin to Minsk. Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko (left) during a meeting at the Palace of Independence.

Working trip of Russian President Vladimir Putin to Minsk. Genre photography. A serviceman of the Honor Guard of the Armed Forces of Belarus during the meeting of the presidents of Russia and Belarus at the Palace of Independence.

Working trip of Russian President Vladimir Putin to Minsk. Russian Energy Minister Sergei Tsivilev (left) before the meeting of the presidents of Russia and Belarus at the Palace of Independence.

Working trip of Russian President Vladimir Putin to Minsk. Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov (center) before the meeting of the presidents of Russia and Belarus at the Palace of Independence.

Working trip of Russian President Vladimir Putin to Minsk. Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov before the meeting of the presidents of Russia and Belarus at the Palace of Independence.

Working trip of Russian President Vladimir Putin to Minsk. Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov (left) before the meeting of the presidents of Russia and Belarus at the Palace of Independence.

Working trip of Russian President Vladimir Putin to Minsk. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (left) and First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Denis Manturov (right) before the meeting of the presidents of Russia and Belarus at the Palace of Independence.

Working trip of Russian President Vladimir Putin to Minsk. Genre photography. Military personnel of the Honor Guard of the Armed Forces of Belarus before the meeting of the presidents of Russia and Belarus at the Palace of Independence.

Working trip of Russian President Vladimir Putin to Minsk. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (left) and First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Denis Manturov (right) before the meeting of the presidents of Russia and Belarus at the Palace of Independence.

Working trip of Russian President Vladimir Putin to Minsk. Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov (second from left) and Belarusian Defense Minister Viktor Khrenin (right) before the start of Russian-Belarusian negotiations in an expanded format at the Palace of Independence.

Working trip of Russian President Vladimir Putin to Minsk. Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko (right) during a meeting at the Palace of Independence.

Working trip of Russian President Vladimir Putin to Minsk. Russian Ambassador to Belarus Boris Gryzlov (left) and Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov (right) before the start of Russian-Belarusian negotiations in an expanded format at the Palace of Independence.

Working trip of Russian President Vladimir Putin to Minsk. President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko during Russian-Belarusian negotiations in an expanded format at the Palace of Independence.

Working trip of Russian President Vladimir Putin to Minsk. Russian President Vladimir Putin during Russian-Belarusian negotiations in an expanded format at the Palace of Independence.

Working trip of Russian President Vladimir Putin to Minsk. Russian President Vladimir Putin during Russian-Belarusian negotiations in an expanded format at the Palace of Independence.

Working trip of Russian President Vladimir Putin to Minsk. Russian President Vladimir Putin during Russian-Belarusian negotiations in an expanded format at the Palace of Independence.

Working trip of Russian President Vladimir Putin to Minsk. President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko during Russian-Belarusian negotiations in an expanded format at the Palace of Independence.

Working trip of Russian President Vladimir Putin to Minsk. Russian President Vladimir Putin during Russian-Belarusian negotiations in an expanded format at the Palace of Independence.

Working trip of Russian President Vladimir Putin to Minsk. Russian President Vladimir Putin during Russian-Belarusian negotiations in an expanded format at the Palace of Independence.

Working trip of Russian President Vladimir Putin to Minsk. President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko during Russian-Belarusian negotiations in an expanded format at the Palace of Independence.

Working trip of Russian President Vladimir Putin to Minsk. Russian President Vladimir Putin during Russian-Belarusian negotiations in an expanded format at the Palace of Independence.

Working trip of Russian President Vladimir Putin to Minsk. Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko (right) during Russian-Belarusian talks in an expanded format at the Palace of Independence.

Working trip of Russian President Vladimir Putin to Minsk. President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko during Russian-Belarusian negotiations in an expanded format at the Palace of Independence.