In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin sees the heavy-ion collider ring of the NICA (Nuclotron-based Ion Collider Faility) complex at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in Dubna in the Moscow region on June 13, 2024. (Photo by Alexander KAZAKOV / POOL / AFP) (Photo by ALEXANDER KAZAKOV/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)