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Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) listens to the country's Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov during the Common Economic Space summit at the presidential residence in Kazakh capital of Astana, Wednesday 15 September 2004. Presidents and the heads of the governments of Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and Kazakhstan gathered for a one-day summit to debate the liberalization of economic relations between the countries. EPA/SHAMIL ZHUMATOV/POOL POOL