8 May 2015. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping (left in the center) during a meeting in the Kremlin Palace. The second on the left is Director of the General Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China Li Zhanshu. From right: Russian Presidential Aide Yuri Ushakov, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin, First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Chief of Staff of the Russian Presidential Executive Office Sergei Ivanov.