PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP Russian President Vladimir Putin trains with a Russian boxing team member at a club after casting his vote for the Russian Presidential election, 14 March 2004 in Moscow. Putin coasted to a landslide victory with 69.0 percent of the vote in Sunday's election, according to the first exit poll aired on Russian television moments after voting ended across the country's 11 time zones. (at R top is Vyacheslav Fetisov, head of the Federal agency on physical training,sport and tourism)

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP Russian President Vladimir Putin adjusts his suit at the skiing resort of Abzakovo, Cheliabinsk region in the Urals mountains, where he is spending his holidays, 07 January 2003.

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP PHOTO Russian President Vladimir Putin rides a horse in the village of Verkhniye Mondrogi 18 August 2001 during his summer vacations.