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Vladimir Putin gestures during his press conference on May 17, 2024, in Harbin, China. (Photo by Contributor via Getty Images)

The Russian Central Bank headquarters in Moscow. (Photo by Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP via Getty Images)

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) members march during the annual anti-Israel Al Quds Day rally in Tehran, Iran, on April 29, 2022. (Photo by Sobhan Farajvan/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Xi Jinping makes a public pledge of allegiance to the constitution at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, on March 10, 2023. (Ju Peng/Xinhua via Getty Images)

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Volodomyr Zelensky meets virtually with the UN Security Council on November 22, 2022, in Kyiv, Ukraine. (President of Ukraine via Flickr)

Destroyed Russian BMP infantry fighting vehicle in Donetsk, Ukraine, on January 2, 2023. (Sameer al-Doumy/AFP via Getty Images)

Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei attends the joint graduation ceremony of armed forces cadets at Imam Hussein Military University in Tehran, Iran, on October 3, 2022. (Iranian Leader Press Office/Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Vladimir Putin on a screen set at Red Square in central Moscow as he addresses a rally marking the annexation of four regions of Ukraine on September 30, 2022. (Alexander Nemenov/AFP via Getty Images)

Following the death of Mahsa Amini in police custody, protestors take to the streets of Tehran on September 21, 2022. (AFP via Getty Images)