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 Sergei GUNEYEV / POOL / AFP) / ** Editor's note : this image is distributed by Russian state owned agency Sputnik ** (Photo by SERGEI GUNEYEV/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

A flight operator controls the flying car "HEXA" developed by LIFT Aircraft Inc at the Tokyo Big Sight in Tokyo on May 17, 2024. (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP) (Photo by PHILIP FONG/AFP via Getty Images)

TOPSHOT - 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 Mikhail METZEL / POOL / AFP) / ** Editor's note : this image is distributed by Russian state owned agency Sputnik ** (Photo by MIKHAIL METZEL/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)