A 1998 photo of former President Ronald Reagan’s visit to Moscow appears to show a young Vladimir Putin posing as a tourist, leading the photographer to speculate the former KGB agent was spying on the U.S. president.

The photo has been discussed for a few years, but White House photographer Pete Souza resurfaced it this week as President Joe Biden takes his first meeting with the Russian president.

Souza, who was the White House photographer during the Reagan and Obama administrations, posted the photo on Instagram on Wednesday:

“A Putin mystery. Or not.⁣⁣

“In 1988, I photographed President Reagan during his visit to Moscow. Mikhail Gorbachev, the leader of the then Soviet Union, gave Reagan a tour of Red Square where groups of ‘tourists’ (KGB agents?) were positioned around the square. Note the man on the left with the camera around his neck.⁣⁣”

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{Matzav.com}