May 14, 2017. Russian President Vladimir Putin, 2nd left, at his meeting with Premier of the State Council of China Li Keqiang at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Left: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. From right: Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak, Minister of Education and Science Olga Vasilyeva, Russian Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov, and Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov.