Russian President Vladimir Putin and Rosatom State Atomic Energy Corporation Director General Alexey Likhachev attend a meeting with nuclear industry personnel during a visit to the Russian Federal Nuclear Centre – All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Experimental Physics (VNIIEF) in Sarov, Nizhny Novgorod Region, Russia August 22, 2025. Sputnik/Gavriil Grigorov/Pool via REUTERS