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MOS26 - 20020606 - ST.PETERSBURG, RUSSIAN FEDERATION : Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) shakes hands with Chinese President Jiang Zemin (L) during their meeting at the Yusupov Palace in St.Petersburg, Thursday, 06 June, 2002. Vladimir Putin and Jiang Zemin met on the eve of Friday's summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, the security group which includes Russia, China and four ex-Soviet republics in Central Asia _ Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. (KEYSTONE/EPA PHOTO ITAR-TASS POOL / ITAR-TASS)