In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin inspects a Lada Iskra sedan while visiting the plant of the country's top carmaker Avtovaz in Tolyatti on January 28, 2025. (Photo by Vyacheslav PROKOFYEV / POOL / AFP) (Photo by VYACHESLAV PROKOFYEV/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)