In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin talks to Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Maxim Oreshkin as he and African leaders tour an exhibition of advanced Russian solutions on the sidelines of the Russia-Africa summit at the Gostiny Dvor conference centre in central Moscow on October 28, 2026. (Photo by Gavriil Grigorov / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)