** Editor's note : this image is distributed by Russian state owned agency Sputnik **
In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko speaks as he and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin meet with recent International Space Station (ISS) mission crew members Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy and Belarus' first female cosmonaut Marina Vasilevskaya (the three are not pictured) at the Kremlin in Moscow on April 12, 2024. (Photo by Gavriil GRIGOROV / POOL / AFP)