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 | Russian President Vladimir Putin seen at a summit of the Conference on Interactions and Confidence Building Measures in Asia, in Almaty, Kazakhstan, Saturday, June 17, 2006. The leaders of China and Russia on Saturday called for a multilateral approach to problems in Asia at a security summit hosted by the oil-rich Central Asian nation of Kazakhstan. click to open  |  | Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) shakes hands with his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao at the start of a bilateral meeting during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Busan Nov 18 2005. Russia said that Putin would visit China twice next year as he and Hu hailed their countries' burgeoning partnership and said they were determined to expand it. click to open |  | Chinese State Council Premier Wen Jiabao, left, gestures during a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2005. Putin told a Kremlin gathering of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, which groups Russia, China and four Central Asian states, that he sees a growing role for the forum in fostering trade and fighting security threats. click to open |  | Chinese State Council Premier Wen Jiabao, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands as they meet in Moscow, Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2005. Putin told a Kremlin gathering of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, which groups Russia, China and four Central Asian states, that he sees a growing role for the forum in fostering trade and fighting security threats. click to open |  | Chinese Premier Jiabao Wen (R) greets Russian President Vladimir Putin to talk in Beijing October 15, 2004. Putin met several top officials in China's capital on Friday, winding up two days of official talks which were rich in symbolism but left many key questions about energy supplies to China unanswered. click to open |  | Chinese Premier Jiabao Wen (R) invites Russian President Vladimir Putin to talk in Beijing October 15, 2004. Putin met several top officials in China's capital on Friday, winding up two days of official talks which were rich in symbolism but left many key questions about energy supplies to China unanswered. click to open |  | Chinese Premier Jiabao Wen (R) meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Beijing October 15, 2004. Putin met several top officials in China's capital on Friday, winding up two days of official talks which were rich in symbolism but left many key questions about energy supplies to China unanswered. click to open |  | Bush China Trip 2001: President Bush looks at Russian President Valdimir Putin as he answers a question during a joint news conference at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Shanghai, China, Sunday, Oct. 21, 2001, following the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit. click to open |  | Bush China Trip 2001: U.S. President George W. Bush meets with Russian President Valdimir Putin at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Shanghai, China, Sunday, Oct. 21, 2001. Bush won a limited condemnation of terrorism from 19 Pacific Rim leaders Sunday and sought support from Russian President Putin on the war in Afghanistan and other strategic issues. The APEC leaders chose cautious language at the urging of two predominantly Muslim nations, Indonesia and Malaysia. click to open |
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