US President Donald Trump (C-R) and Russian President Vladimir Putin (C-L), during a US-Russia summit on Ukraine in Alaska, Aug. 15, 2025. (Photo: AFP)
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (R) and Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian shake hands during a joint news conference in Moscow on August 31, 2022. (Photo: MAXIM SHEMETOV/AFP)
Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian (right) receives his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov at the foreign ministry headquarters in Iran's capital Tehran, June 23, 2022 (Photo: AFP)
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, left, and Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu shake hands at the end of a joint news conference in Ankara, Wednesday, June 8, 2022. (Photo: Burhan Ozbilici/AP)