Russian President Vladimir Putin's state visit to Astana on May 27-28 produced a joint declaration on the "seven foundations" of friendship and good-neighborliness between Kazakhstan and Russia and a package of bilateral agreements, including accords on a $16.5 billion nuclear power plant and Russian export-credit financing for 85% of the project, Qazinform reported on May 28. Other deals included a tenge-ruble currency swap and a framework agreement to raise Russian oil shipments to China through Kazakhstan from 200,000 to 250,000 barrels per day.