In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia`s President Vladimir Putin lays flowers at the grave of his brother, who died as a child during the siege of Leningrad, during a ceremony at the Piskaryovskoye Memorial Cemetery in Saint Petersburg on January 27, 2026, marking the 82nd anniversary of the liberation of Leningrad from Nazi blockade in World War Two. (Photo by Alexander KAZAKOV / POOL / AFP)