August 26, 2014. President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev, President Vladimir Putin, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton, EU Commissioner for Energy Gunther Oettinger and EU Commissioner for Trade Karel De Gucht (from left to right) photographed together before the start of the meeting of the presidents of the Customs Union countries with the Ukrainian president and representatives of the European Commission.