FILE - Russian President Vladimir Putin, foreground left, meets with United Russia party leaders, from left, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin; Putin; Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, background second right, Presidential Commissioner for Children's Rights Maria Lvova-Belova, center; war correspondent and Hero of Russia Yevgeny Poddubny, second right; and Chief of the Yunarmiya main headquarters Vladislav Golovin, in Moscow, on Saturday, Sept. 5, 2026. (Gavriil Grigorov/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)