In the Palace of Independence in Astana, the post-Soviet capital of Kazakhstan, the three heads of state rose to their feet in front of a 1,000-strong audience of senior officials, and somewhat awkwardly gave themselves a round of applause.
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Vladimir Putin, Russia's president, hailed the treaty he had just signed with his counterparts from Kazakhstan and Belarus as \"of truly epochal significance\".
