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, inspects a Lada Iskra sedan while visiting Avtovaz plant in Tolyatti on January 28, 2025. (Photo by Vyacheslav PROKOFYEV / POOL / AFP) (Photo by VYACHESLAV PROKOFYEV/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)