In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin meets with scientists at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in Dubna in the Moscow region on June 13, 2024. (Photo by Mikhail METZEL / POOL / AFP) (Photo by MIKHAIL METZEL/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin meets with scientists at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in Dubna in the Moscow region on June 13, 2024. (Photo by Mikhail METZEL / POOL / AFP) (Photo by MIKHAIL METZEL/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin meets with scientists at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in Dubna in the Moscow region on June 13, 2024. (Photo by Mikhail METZEL / POOL / AFP) (Photo by MIKHAIL METZEL/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin meets with scientists at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in Dubna in the Moscow region on June 13, 2024. (Photo by Mikhail METZEL / POOL / AFP) (Photo by MIKHAIL METZEL/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin meets with scientists at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in Dubna in the Moscow region on June 13, 2024. (Photo by Mikhail METZEL / POOL / AFP) (Photo by MIKHAIL METZEL/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin, accompanied by physicist Grigory Trubnikov, 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 Mikhail METZEL / POOL / AFP) (Photo by MIKHAIL METZEL/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin meets with scientists at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in Dubna in the Moscow region on June 13, 2024. (Photo by Mikhail METZEL / POOL / AFP) (Photo by MIKHAIL METZEL/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin, accompanied by physicist Grigory Trubnikov, 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 Mikhail METZEL / POOL / AFP) (Photo by MIKHAIL METZEL/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)