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Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) shakes hands with Chinese President Jiang Zemin (L) 06 June 2002 during their meeting at the Yusupov Palace in St Petersburg. Vladimir Putin and Jiang Zemin met on the eve of 07 June'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.