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MOSCOW, RUSSIA - SEPTEMBER 19, 2016: Russia's president Vladimir Putin, and mathematician Stanislav Smirnov of St Petersburg State University (L-R) shake hands at a meeting of senior Russian governemtn officials and scientists and researchers, winners of the Russian government's grants, in the Kremlin. Alexei Nikolsky/Russian Presidential Press and Information Office/TASS (Photo by Alexei Nikolsky\TASS via Getty Images)

MOSCOW, RUSSIA - SEPTEMBER 19, 2016: Russia's president Vladimir Putin, and mathematician Stanislav Smirnov of St Petersburg State University (L-R) shake hands at a meeting of senior Russian governemtn officials and scientists and researchers, winners of the Russian government's grants, in the Kremlin. Alexei Nikolsky/Russian Presidential Press and Information Office/TASS (Photo by Alexei Nikolsky\TASS via Getty Images)