In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin meets with students at Harbin Institute of Technology in the northeastern city of Harbin on May 17, 2024. (Photo by Alexander RYUMIN / POOL / AFP) / ** Editor's note : this image is distributed by Russian state owned agency Sputnik ** (Photo by ALEXANDER RYUMIN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)