In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin, accompanied by Maxim Sokolov, president and CEO of the country's top carmaker Avtovaz, visits Avtovaz plant in Tolyatti on January 28, 2025. (Photo by Gavriil Grigorov / POOL / AFP) (Photo by GAVRIIL GRIGOROV/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)