Russian President Vladimir Putin lays flowers at the grave of his brother, who died as a child during the siege of Leningrad, during a commemoration ceremony at the Piskaryovskoye Cemetery, where most of the Leningrad Siege victims were buried, marking the 82nd anniversary of the World War II battle that lifted the Nazi siege of Leningrad, in St. Petersburg, Russia, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026. (Alexei Danichev/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)