At the meeting on preparations for the 2014 Olympics. With Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak.

At a meeting on developing the aerospace defence system.

Before the meeting on developing the Navy.

At a meeting on developing the strategic missile forces.

Inspecting the RusSki Gorki ski jumping facility.

Official welcome ceremony. With Prime Minister of Italy Enrico Letta.

Official welcome ceremony. With Prime Minister of Italy Enrico Letta.

Arrives at Trieste Airport.

With former Prime Minister of Italy and Special Envoy of UN Secretary-General for the Sahel Region Romano Prodi.

Signing Russian-Italian agreements.

Before the meeting with Pope Francis in the Vatican. Right is Russian Ambassodor to Italy sergei Razov.

With Pope Francis.

With Vatican Secretary of State Pietro Parolin.

With Pope Francis.

With Pope Francis.

Vladimir Putin presented the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God to Pope Francis; the Pope gave the President a majolica depicting the Vatican Gardens.

With Pope Francis.

With Pope Francis.

With Pope Francis.

With Pope Francis.

Vladimir Putin presented the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God to Pope Francis; the Pope gave the President a majolica depicting the Vatican Gardens.

With Prime Minister of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Vladimir Putin attended the 37th World Sambo Championships competitions.

Vladimir Putin attended the 37th World Sambo Championships competitions.

Vladimir Putin attended the 37th World Sambo Championships competitions.

At the Russian Literary Assembly.

At presenting officers appointed to senior command positions.

At a parade marking the presentation of the Suvorov Medal to the Ryazan General Margelov Higher Airborne Command School.

Unveiling of a monument to Russian poet Alexander Pushkin in Seoul.

Unveiling of a monument to Russian poet Alexander Pushkin in Seoul.

Vladimir Putin laid flowers at the monument to Russian poet Alexander Pushkin.

With President of the Republic of Korea Park Geun-hye.

Press statement following Russian-Korean talks.

With General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam Nguyen Phu Trong.

With President of Vietnam Truong Tan Sang.

Official welcome ceremony. With President of Vietnam Truong Tan Sang.

Official welcome ceremony. With President of Vietnam Truong Tan Sang.

Official visit to Vietnam. Wreath-laying ceremony at the Vietnam War Memorial.

Visit to Ural Locomotives company.

Visit to Ural Locomotives company.

With President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev.

With President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev at the Russia-Kazakhstan Interregional Cooperation Forum.

Russia-Kazakhstan Interregional Cooperation Forum.

Before the meeting with President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev.

At a meeting with participants in the All-Russian Congress of Municipalities.

Meeting with participants in the All-Russian Congress of Municipalities.

Meeting with heads of constitutional law departments.

Meeting with heads of constitutional law departments.

Meeting with heads of constitutional law departments.

With LDPR leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky.

At a meeting with Internet Start-ups project participants.

At a meeting with Internet Start-ups project participants.

At the Kremlin on National Unity Day.

Vladimir Putin became the first laureate of the World Russian People’s Congress’ Prize for the Preservation of Russian Statehood. With Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill.

Laying flowers at the monument to Kuzma Minin and Dmitry Pozharsky on Red Square.

With Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill.

Visiting the exhibition Orthodox Russia. The Romanovs, marking the 400th anniversary of the Romanov dynasty.

Visiting the exhibition Orthodox Russia. The Romanovs, marking the 400th anniversary of the Romanov dynasty.

Before the meeting with permanent members of the Security Council.