** Editor's note : this image is distributed by the Russian state owned agency Sputnik **
In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin and Mongolia's President Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh attend a wreath laying ceremony at a monument to Soviet Marshal Georgy Zhukov in Ulaanbaatar on September 3, 2024. (Photo by Vyacheslav PROKOFYEV / POOL / AFP)