![Sergei Guneyev Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures as he talks with students of the Harbin Institute of Technology in Harbin, northeastern China's Heilongjiang Province, on Friday, May 17, 2024. (Sergei Guneyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/5e0750db3c5f441b830268b014f28bf9/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures as he talks with students of the Harbin Institute of Technology in Harbin, northeastern China's Heilongjiang Province, on Friday, May 17, 2024. (Sergei Guneyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
![Mikhail Metzel Russian President Vladimir Putin talks with students of the Harbin Institute of Technology in Harbin, northeastern China's Heilongjiang Province, on Friday, May 17, 2024. (Mikhail Metzel, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/0fd8c0c92c4b446db310a614ac239fcf/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Russian President Vladimir Putin talks with students of the Harbin Institute of Technology in Harbin, northeastern China's Heilongjiang Province, on Friday, May 17, 2024. (Mikhail Metzel, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
![Mikhail Metzel Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks to Russian journalists in Harbin, northeastern China's Heilongjiang Province, on Friday, May 17, 2024. (Mikhail Metzel, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/8fd63035bd5c4e6b8aa68a3fd55aaf73/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks to Russian journalists in Harbin, northeastern China's Heilongjiang Province, on Friday, May 17, 2024. (Mikhail Metzel, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
![Alexander Ryumin Russian President Vladimir Putin crosses himself as he visits the Church of the Intercession of the Mother of God in Harbin, northeastern China's Heilongjiang Province, on Friday, May 17, 2024. (Alexander Ryumin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/264dc773306d4494b76af6f31a635f1b/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Russian President Vladimir Putin crosses himself as he visits the Church of the Intercession of the Mother of God in Harbin, northeastern China's Heilongjiang Province, on Friday, May 17, 2024. (Alexander Ryumin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
![Mikhail Metzel Students listen to Russian President Vladimir Putin during his visit to the Harbin Institute of Technology in Harbin, northeastern China's Heilongjiang Province, on Friday, May 17, 2024. (Mikhail Metzel, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/c9ad4d84d2d64487bebcee0f859f6f53/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Students listen to Russian President Vladimir Putin during his visit to the Harbin Institute of Technology in Harbin, northeastern China's Heilongjiang Province, on Friday, May 17, 2024. (Mikhail Metzel, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
![Mikhail Metzel Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures as he talks with students of the Harbin Institute of Technology in Harbin, northeastern China's Heilongjiang Province, on Friday, May 17, 2024. (Mikhail Metzel, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/7eba6c2e124242498fa4a36edc671a00/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures as he talks with students of the Harbin Institute of Technology in Harbin, northeastern China's Heilongjiang Province, on Friday, May 17, 2024. (Mikhail Metzel, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
![Sergei Bobylev Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, and Chinese Vice President Han Zheng, left of Putin, visit an exhibition of the Russia-China Expo and the Russia-China Forum on Interregional Cooperation in Harbin, northeastern China's Heilongjiang Province, on Friday, May 17, 2024. (Sergei Bobylev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/a85ea8c9b75644c4b6e01106dd231546/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, and Chinese Vice President Han Zheng, left of Putin, visit an exhibition of the Russia-China Expo and the Russia-China Forum on Interregional Cooperation in Harbin, northeastern China's Heilongjiang Province, on Friday, May 17, 2024. (Sergei Bobylev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
![Alexander Ryumin Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures as he talks with students of the Harbin Institute of Technology in Harbin, northeastern China's Heilongjiang Province, on Friday, May 17, 2024. (Alexander Ryumin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/26f8a7a38f9b42e999144dc9a0402d94/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures as he talks with students of the Harbin Institute of Technology in Harbin, northeastern China's Heilongjiang Province, on Friday, May 17, 2024. (Alexander Ryumin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
![Sergei Bobylev Russian President Vladimir Putin, second right, and Chinese Vice President Han Zheng, second left, visit the Russian-Chinese EXPO in Harbin, northeastern China's Heilongjiang Province, on Friday, May 17, 2024. (Sergei Bobylev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/d1da9a2909a049a78022295aa53fb41e/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Russian President Vladimir Putin, second right, and Chinese Vice President Han Zheng, second left, visit the Russian-Chinese EXPO in Harbin, northeastern China's Heilongjiang Province, on Friday, May 17, 2024. (Sergei Bobylev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
![Sergei Guneyev Russian President Vladimir Putin listens for a question as he talks with students of the Harbin Institute of Technology in Harbin, northeastern China's Heilongjiang Province, on Friday, May 17, 2024. (Sergei Guneyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/c2e95337de0945a2b10876c103de5a3d/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Russian President Vladimir Putin listens for a question as he talks with students of the Harbin Institute of Technology in Harbin, northeastern China's Heilongjiang Province, on Friday, May 17, 2024. (Sergei Guneyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
![Mikhail Metzel Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Chinese Vice President Han Zheng talk to each other as they visit the Russian-Chinese EXPO in Harbin in northeastern China's Heilongjiang Province, on Friday, May 17, 2024. (Mikhail Metzel, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/90d4490feb424c8aaed76c412b26d811/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Chinese Vice President Han Zheng talk to each other as they visit the Russian-Chinese EXPO in Harbin in northeastern China's Heilongjiang Province, on Friday, May 17, 2024. (Mikhail Metzel, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
![Sergei Bobylev Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Chinese Vice President Han Zheng, left, visit the Russian-Chinese EXPO in Harbin, northeastern China's Heilongjiang Province, on Friday, May 17, 2024. (Sergei Bobylev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/73476b2aa15a41feb89d4fd307df0f9c/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Chinese Vice President Han Zheng, left, visit the Russian-Chinese EXPO in Harbin, northeastern China's Heilongjiang Province, on Friday, May 17, 2024. (Sergei Bobylev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
![Mikhail Metzel Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, listens to Chinese Vice President Han Zheng during their talks in Harbin in northeastern China's Heilongjiang Province, on Friday, May 17, 2024. (Mikhail Metzel, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/5ab4995378a74317bbdc348a60c40fcf/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, listens to Chinese Vice President Han Zheng during their talks in Harbin in northeastern China's Heilongjiang Province, on Friday, May 17, 2024. (Mikhail Metzel, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
![Alexander Ryumin Russian President Vladimir Putin talks with students of the Harbin Institute of Technology in Harbin, northeastern China's Heilongjiang Province, on Friday, May 17, 2024. (Alexander Ryumin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/5ffdda3aeeae4236951043b059996cec/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Russian President Vladimir Putin talks with students of the Harbin Institute of Technology in Harbin, northeastern China's Heilongjiang Province, on Friday, May 17, 2024. (Alexander Ryumin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
![Alexander Ryumin Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a laying flowers ceremony at the Monument to the Soviet soldiers who died in the battles for the liberation of China's northeast from Japanese invaders in Harbin, northeastern China's Heilongjiang Province, on Friday, May 17, 2024. (Alexander Ryumin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/71d225ecf97e4c2c9d489e0b02cd05a8/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a laying flowers ceremony at the Monument to the Soviet soldiers who died in the battles for the liberation of China's northeast from Japanese invaders in Harbin, northeastern China's Heilongjiang Province, on Friday, May 17, 2024. (Alexander Ryumin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
![Alexander Ryumin Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, visits the Church of the Intercession of the Mother of God in Harbin, northeastern China's Heilongjiang Province, on Friday, May 17, 2024. (Alexander Ryumin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/770acbc3e7c640c09466a14738d0b63d/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, visits the Church of the Intercession of the Mother of God in Harbin, northeastern China's Heilongjiang Province, on Friday, May 17, 2024. (Alexander Ryumin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)