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In this pool photograph distributed by Russian state owned Sputnik agency, Russia's President Vladimir Putin (C) flanked by Russia's Defence Minister Andrei Belousov (R) holds a meeting with heads of law enforcement agencies on the situation in the Kursk region, director of the Federal Security Service (FSB) of the Russian Federation, Alexander Bortnikov (L) and Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, Sergei Shoigu in Moscow, on August 7, 2024. (Photo by Aleksey Babushkin / POOL / AFP) / Editor's note : this image is distributed by Russian state owned agency Sputnik (Photo by ALEKSEY BABUSHKIN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)