July 7, 2012. From left, middle ground: Russian President Vladimir Putin and Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev at the ceremony of signing joint documents after the Russian-Kazakh talks at the Akorda residence, Astana. From left, foreground: Federal Migration Service Director Konstantin Romodanovsky and Kazakhstan's Interior Minister Kalmukhanbet Kasymov.07.06.2012#1148729
July 7, 2012. From left, middle ground: Russian President Vladimir Putin and Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev at the ceremony of signing joint documents after the Russian-Kazakh talks at the Akorda residence, Astana. From left, foreground: Federal Migration Service Director Konstantin Romodanovsky and Kazakhstan's Interior Minister Kalmukhanbet Kasymov.07.06.2012#1148728
July 7, 2012. From left, middle ground: Russian President Vladimir Putin and Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev at the ceremony of signing joint documents after the Russian-Kazakh talks at the Akorda residence, Astana. From left, center, foreground: Federal Migration Service Director Konstantin Romodanovsky and Kazakhstan's Interior Minister Kalmukhanbet Kasymov.07.06.2012#1148726
July 7, 2012. From left, middle ground: Russian President Vladimir Putin and Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev at the ceremony of signing joint documents after the Russian-Kazakh talks at the Akorda residence, Astana. From left, foreground: Dmitry Bezdelov, head of the Federal Agency for the Buildup of the State Border of Russia, and Kazakhstan's Foreign Minister Yerzhan Kazykhanov.07.06.2012#1148725
July 7, 2012. From left, middle ground: Russian President Vladimir Putin and Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev at the ceremony of signing joint documents after the Russian-Kazakh talks at the Akorda residence, Astana. From left, center, foreground: Dmitry Bezdelov, head of the Federal Agency for the Buildup of the State Border of Russia, and Kazakhstan's Foreign Minister Yerzhan Kazykhanov.07.06.2012#1148724
July 7, 2012. From left: Russian President Vladimir Putin and Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev at the ceremony of signing joint documents after the Russian-Kazakh talks at the Akorda residence, Astana.07.06.2012#1148723
July 7, 2012. From left: Russian President Vladimir Putin and Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev sign joint documents after the Russian-Kazakh talks at the Akorda residence, Astana.07.06.2012#1148722
July 7, 2012. From left: Russian President Vladimir Putin and Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev sign joint documents after the Russian-Kazakh talks at the Akorda residence, Astana.07.06.2012#1148721
July 7, 2012. From left, center: Russian President Vladimir Putin and Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev sign joint documents after the Russian-Kazakh talks at the Akorda residence, Astana.07.06.2012#1148719
June 7, 2012. Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev, second right, attends Russian-Kazakh talks at the Akorda residence, Astana.07.06.2012#1148697
June 7, 2012. Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev, right, attends Russian-Kazakh talks at the Akorda residence, Astana.07.06.2012#1148696
June 7, 2012. From left: Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, President Vladimir Putin and Presidential Aide Yury Ushakov attend Russian-Kazakh talks at the Akorda residence, Astana.07.06.2012#1148695
July 7, 2012. From left, foreground: Russian President Vladimir Putin and Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev before Russian-Kazakh talks at the Akorda residence of the Kazakh president, in Astana.07.06.2012#1148694
July 7, 2012. From left, foreground: Russian President Vladimir Putin and Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev before Russian-Kazakh talks at the Akorda residence, Astana. From left, middle ground: Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Presidential Aide Yury Ushakov.07.06.2012#1148693
July 7, 2012. From left, foreground: Russian President Vladimir Putin and Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev before Russian-Kazakh talks at the Akorda residence of the Kazakh president, in Astana.07.06.2012#1148692
July 7, 2012. From left: Russian President Vladimir Putin and Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev talk during their meeting at the Akorda residence of the Kazakh president, in Astana.07.06.2012#1148675
July 7, 2012. From left: Russian President Vladimir Putin and Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev talk during their meeting at the Akorda residence of the Kazakh president, in Astana.07.06.2012#1148673
July 7, 2012. From left: Russian President Vladimir Putin and Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev at a welcome ceremony for the Russian president, at the Akorda residence of the Kazakh president in Astana.07.06.2012#1148672
July 7, 2012. From left: Russian President Vladimir Putin and Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev at a welcome ceremony for the Russian president, at the Akorda residence of the Kazakh president in Astana.07.06.2012#1148671
June 7, 2012. Russian President Vladimir Putin, foreground left, and Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev, middle ground left, greet delegations during a welcome ceremony for the Russian president, at the Akorda residence of the Kazakh president, in Astana.07.06.2012#1148670
June 7, 2012. Russian President Vladimir Putin, foreground left, and Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev, middle ground left, greet delegations during a welcome ceremony for the Russian president, at the Akorda residence of the Kazakh president, in Astana.07.06.2012#1148669
July 7, 2012. From left, center: Russian President Vladimir Putin and Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev talk during their meeting at the Akorda residence of the Kazakh president, in Astana.07.06.2012#1148667
July 7, 2012. From left: Russian President Vladimir Putin and Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev at a welcome ceremony for the Russian president, at the Akorda residence of the Kazakh president in Astana.07.06.2012#1148666
July 7, 2012. From right, center: Russian President Vladimir Putin and Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev at a welcome ceremony for the Russian president, at the Akorda residence of the Kazakh president in Astana.07.06.2012#1148665
July 7, 2012. From left, center: Russian President Vladimir Putin and Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev at a welcome ceremony for the Russian president, at the Akorda residence of the Kazakh president in Astana.07.06.2012#1148664
June 7, 2012. Russian President Vladimir Putin, foreground left, and Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev, middle ground left, greet delegations during a welcome ceremony for the Russian president, at the Akorda residence of the Kazakh president in Astana.07.06.2012#1148663
June 7, 2012. Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, arrives at the Astana airport. On the staircase, middle ground, from left: Russian Ambassador to Kazakhstan Mikhail Bocharnikov and Madi Atamkulov, head of the protocol service of the Kazakhstan Ministry of Foreign Affairs.07.06.2012#1148647
June 7, 2012. Russian President Vladimir Putin, left on the staircase, arrives at the Astana airport.07.06.2012#1148646
June 7, 2012. From left: Russian President Vladimir Putin and Kazakhstan's Prime Minister Karim Masimov leave the Astana airport.07.06.2012#1148645
June 7, 2012. Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, arrives at the Astana airport. Right: Kazakhstan's Prime Minister Karim Masimov.07.06.2012#1148642