Vladimir Putin – Personal website

New Year Address to the Nation.

Speaking at the New Year reception at the Kremlin.

New Year reception at the Kremlin.

Heads of CSTO member-states visited the Russian Federation National Defence Management Centre.

After the CSTO and Supreme Eurasian Economic Council summits, Vladimir Putin and the presidents of Belarus, Kazakhstan, Armenia and Kyrgyzstan visited the National Defence Control Centre.

CSTO Collective Security Council meeting in expanded format.

Before the CSTO Collective Security Council meeting in expanded format.

Meeting of the CSTO Collective Security Council in narrow format.

With President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan. Before the CSTO Collective Security Council meeting.

Vladimir Putin took part via linkup in the first trial launch of an Angara A5 heavy-class carrier rocket from the Plesetsk Space Launch Centre.

Vladimir Putin took part via linkup in Gazprom’s launch of field No. 1 at Bovanenkovo, the largest gas field on Yamal Peninsula.

Meeting with members of chambers of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation.

At the gala evening marking the Special Agency Worker’s Day.

At briefing session with permanent members of the Security Council.

Expanded meeting of the Defence Ministry Board. With Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu.

With Chief of the General Staff of Russia’s Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov.

Meeting on commissioning defence industry goods.

Before the beginning of meeting on commissioning defence industry goods.

Visiting the Russian Federation National Defence Control Centre.

With Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu and Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Sergei Ivanov during a visit to the Russian Federation National Defence Control Centre.

At a news conference of Vladimir Putin.

Before the news conference of Vladimir Putin.

With President of India Pranab Mukherjee during the presentation of delegations.

With President of India Pranab Mukherjee during the official welcoming ceremony.

Vladimir Putin met with President of the Indian National Congress Party Sonia Gandhi. Also taking part in the meeting was former Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

Vladimir Putin took part in the World Diamond Conference in New Delhi.

With Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi.

Before the beginning of Russian-Indian talks.

Official welcoming ceremony. With President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov.

With President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov at Tashkent airport.

As Chairman of the Society's Board of Trustees, Vladimir Putin presented the Russian Geographical Society's Person of the Year award to Konstantin Bogdanov for the discovery and study of the battleship Lefort.

Russian Geographical Society's award presentation ceremony.

Russian Geographical Society's award presentation ceremony. With Hero of the Soviet Union, Pilot-Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova.

Vladimir Putin took part in the Russian Geographical Society's award presentation ceremony.

During a meeting with UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova.

In St Petersburg, Vladimir Putin met with Irina Bokova, Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO).

Vladimir Putin congratulated Alisa Freindlikh on her birthday.

At a meeting of the Presidential Council for Science and Education.

Before the meeting of the Presidential Council for Science and Education.

Before the meeting of the Presidential Council for Science and Education. With director of the State Hermitage Museum Mikhail Piotrovsky.

Visiting the Church of St Sergius of Radonezh in Tsarskoye Selo. Vladimir Putin saw the exhibition Guards Riflemen at the Service of Their Fatherland and wrote in the visitors book.

Visiting the Church of St Sergius of Radonezh in Tsarskoye Selo.

While on a working trip to the Northwest Federal District, Vladimir Putin visited the restored Church of St Sergius of Radonezh in Tsarskoye Selo.

Vladimir Putin met with President of France François Hollande. The two presidents met at Moscow’s Vnukovo-2 airport within the framework of President Hollande’s unplanned visit to Russia following his trip to Kazakhstan.

With French President François Hollande.

Vladimir Putin met with members of the Council for Civil Society and Human Rights and federal and regional human rights commissioners from all the different regions.

Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly.

After the annual Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly. With Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev.

Before Annual Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly.

During a news conference following state visit to Turkey.

Vladimir Putin met with President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan while on a state visit to Turkey.

Official welcome ceremony. With President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Vladimir Putin signs in the distinguished visitors’ book while visiting the mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk.

Arrival in Ankara.