In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin visits the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology in Dolgoprudny in the Moscow region on January 23, 2026. (Photo by Grigory SYSOYEV / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin visits the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology in Dolgoprudny in the Moscow region on January 23, 2026. (Photo by Alexander SHCHERBAK / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin visits the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology in Dolgoprudny in the Moscow region on January 23, 2026. (Photo by Alexander SHCHERBAK / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin visits the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology in Dolgoprudny in the Moscow region on January 23, 2026. (Photo by Alexander SHCHERBAK / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin visits the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology in Dolgoprudny in the Moscow region on January 23, 2026. (Photo by Alexander SHCHERBAK / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin visits the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology in Dolgoprudny in the Moscow region on January 23, 2026. (Photo by Alexander SHCHERBAK / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

German Minister for Research, Technology and Aerospace Dorothee Baer (L) and Italy's Ministerof University and Research, Annamaria Bernini (R) pose under the eyes of Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni (2ndR) and Germany's Chancellor Friedrich Merz (top L) after signing bilateral agreements on strategic cooperation after an Intergovernmental summit between Italy and Germany, at Villa Doria Pamphilj in Rome on January 23, 2026. (Photo by Andreas SOLARO / AFP via Getty Images)

German Minister for Research, Technology and Aerospace Dorothee Baer (L) and Italy's Ministerof University and Research, Annamaria Bernini (R) pose under the eyes of Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni (2ndR) and Germany's Chancellor Friedrich Merz (top L) after signing bilateral agreements on strategic cooperation after an Intergovernmental summit between Italy and Germany, at Villa Doria Pamphilj in Rome on January 23, 2026. (Photo by Andreas SOLARO / AFP via Getty Images)