Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, left, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, second left, Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, second right, and Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov pose for a photo during a meeting of the Eurasian Economic Union at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, on Wednesday, May 8, 2024. Russian President Vladimir Putin hailed the economic alliance's performance, saying that it helped boost the members' economic potential. (Evgenia Novozhenina/Pool Photo via AP)