In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un attend a gala concert in Pyongyang, on Wednesday. Gavriil Grigorov/Pool/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) and Vietnam's President To Lam pose for photos at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi, Vietnam, on Thursday. Nhac Nguyen/Pool photo via AP hide caption
Russian President and presidential candidate Vladimir Putin meets with the media at his campaign headquarters in Moscow on Monday. Natatlia Kolesnikova/Pool/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures while speaking on a visit to his campaign headquarters after a presidential election in Moscow, Russia, early Monday. Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP hide caption
A member of a local election commission prepares a polling station with a sign that reads "Election of the President of Russia March 15-17 2024" for early voting in the village of Sennaya Guba, Republic of Karelia, on March 10. Natalia Kolesnikova/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers his annual state of the nation address in Moscow on Thursday. Alexander Nemenov/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Russian President Vladimir Putin gets off a Tu-160M strategic bomber after a flight in Kazan, Russia, on Thursday. Dmitry Azarov/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP hide caption
Russia's President Vladimir Putin gives an interview to Tucker Carlson at the Kremlin in Moscow. Gavril Grigorov/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
People lay flowers paying the last respect to Alexei Navalny at the monument, a large boulder from the Solovetsky islands, where the first camp of the Gulag political prison system was established, near the historical the Federal Security Service (FSB, Soviet KGB successor) building in the background, in Moscow, Russia, on Saturday morning, Feb. 17, 2024. Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP hide caption
Alexei Navalny in Berlin in 2020, surrounded by his wife and two children. Getty Images hide caption
Feb. 21, 2021: Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny shows a heart symbol standing in the cage during a hearing to a motion from the Russian prison service to convert the suspended sentence of Navalny from the 2014 criminal conviction into a real prison term in the Moscow City Court in Moscow, Russia. AP hide caption
Alexei Navalny rose to fame in Russia with headline-grabbing investigations into corruption in the highest levels of President Vladimir Putin's regime. Navalny (right) is seen here at a court hearing in Moscow in March 2017. Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Former Fox News star Tucker Carlson flew to Moscow to interview Russian President Vladimir Putin, becoming the first American to do so since Russia invaded Ukraine two years ago. From left: Giorgio Viera/AFP via Getty Images; AlexanderKazakov/POOL/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Gay rights activists carry rainbow flags as they march during a May Day rally in 2013 in St. Petersburg, Russia. Russia's Supreme Court on Thursday effectively outlawed LGBTQ+ activism, in the most drastic step against advocates of gay, lesbian and transgender rights in the increasingly conservative country. AP hide caption
A view of the site after a jet crashed in Russia's northwestern Tver region on Aug. 23. Russian authorities say Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin was among those on the flight manifest. Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed condolences to families of those killed in the crash. He noted Wagner members were reportedly on board and spoke warmly of his relationship with Prigozhin in the past tense. Wagner Telegram Account/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images hide caption
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is seen on a TV screen, as he appears in a video link provided by the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service, during a hearing in the penal colony in Melekhovo, northeast of Moscow, on Friday. Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP hide caption
Nigeriens participate in a march called by supporters of coup leader Gen. Abdourahmane Tchiani in Niamey, Niger, Sunday, July 30, 2023. Days after mutinous soldiers ousted Niger's democratically elected president, uncertainty is mounting about the country's future and some are calling out the junta's reasons for seizing control. The sign reads: "Down with France, long live Putin." Sam Mednick/AP hide caption
Church personnel inspect the damage inside the Transfiguration Cathedral in Odesa, Ukraine, Sunday, following Russian missile attacks. Jae C. Hong/AP hide caption
Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) speaks to South African President Cyril Ramaphosa during a plenary session at the Russia-Africa summit in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia, on Oct. 24, 2019. Sergei Chirikov/AP hide caption
Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a Security Council meeting via a video link at the Kremlin in Moscow on Friday. Alexander Kazakov/Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko says that Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin is still in Russia. Lukashenko is seen here at his residence, the Independence Palace, in the capital Minsk on Thursday. Alexander Nemenov/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Members of Wagner Group stand on the balcony of a building in the city of Rostov-on-Don on Saturday. Roman Romokhov/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Russian President Vladimir Putin gives a speech during the Victory Day military parade at Red Square in central Moscow on Tuesday. Gavril Grigorov/Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
People save icons as they clear rubble after a Russian rocket ruined an Orthodox church in an Easter attack, in Komyshuvakha, in Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia region, early hours Sunday. Kateryna Klochko/AP hide caption