FILE - Russian President Vladimir Putin, second left, poses for a photo with Russian Paralympic athletes Aleksei Churkin, front left, who won a silver medal in shot put, and Evgeniia Galaktionova, front right, who won a bronze medal in javelin throw, after an awarding ceremony for the Russian Paralympic Committee's medalists of the Paris 2024 Paralympics in Moscow, Russia, Monday, Dec. 16, 2024. (Kristina Kormilitsyna, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)