TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY STUART WILLIAMS (FILES) A file picture taken on August 10, 2011, shows Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (R) holding two ancient amphorae while scuba diving in Taman Bay during a visit to underwater archaeological site at Phanagoria on the Taman Peninsula. After Putin appeared to miraculously "discover" ancient Greek urns his spokesman admitted later the urns had been placed there on purpose, sparking a frenzy of mockery among opposition bloggers. AFP PHOTO/ RIA-NOVOSTI/ ALEXEY DRUZHININ

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (R) and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin fish on holiday on the Volga River in Astrakhan region, about 1280 kilometers south from Moscow on August 16, 2011. AFP PHOTO/ RIA-NOVOSTI POOL/ MIKHAIL KLIMENTYEV

Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin rides a Harley Davidson Lehman Trike as he visits Russian and Ukrainian motorbikers at their camp near Sevastopol in Ukraine's Crimea on July 24, 2010. AFP PHOTO / Vasiliy BATANOV

Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (R) rides a Harley Davidson Lehman Trike as he visits Russian and Ukrainian motorbikers at their camp near Sevastopol in Ukraine's Crimea on July 24, 2010. AFP PHOTO / Vasiliy BATANOV

Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (2L) rides Harley Davidson Lehman Trike as he arrives for the meeting with Russian and Ukrainian motorbikers at their camp near Sevastopol in Ukraine's Crimea on July 24, 2010. AFP PHOTO / POOL / SERGEI KARPUKHIN

Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin rides Harley Davidson Lehman Trike decorated with Russian and Ukrainian national flags as he arrives for the meeting with motorbikers at their camp near Sevastopol in Ukraine's Crimea on July 24, 2010. Leaving a cloud of dust in his wake, a black-clad Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin roared into a rally in Ukraine on a Harley Davidson and hailed bikes as a "symbol of freedom". AFP PHOTO / POOL / SERGEI KARPUKHIN

Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (C) rides a Harley Davidson Lehman Trike decorated with the Russian and Ukrainian national flags as he arrives for the meeting with motorbikers at their camp near Sevastopol in Ukraine's Crimea on July 24, 2010. AFP PHOTO / POOL / SERGEI KARPUKHIN

Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (R) rides a Harley Davidson Lehman Trike as he arrives for the meeting with Russian and Ukrainian motorbikers at their camp near Sevastopol in Ukraine's Crimea on July 24, 2010. AFP PHOTO / POOL / SERGEI KARPUKHIN

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin attends an international bike camp at Gasfort lake just outside the Crimean city of Sevastopol on July 24, 2010. AFP PHOTO / POOL / ALEXANDER ZEMLIANICHENKO

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin attends an international bike camp at Gasfort lake just outside the Crimean city of Sevastopol on July 24, 2010. AFP PHOTO / POOL / ALEXANDER ZEMLIANICHENKO

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin attands an international bike camp at Gasfort lake just outside the Crimean city of Sevastopol on July 24, 2010. AFP PHOTO / POOL / ALEXANDER ZEMLIANICHENKO

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin attends an international bike camp at Gasfort lake just outside the Crimean city of Sevastopol on July 24, 2010. AFP PHOTO / POOL / ALEXANDER ZEMLIANICHENKO

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin attands an international bike camp at Gasfort lake just outside the Crimean city of Sevastopol on July 24, 2010. AFP PHOTO / POOL / ALEXANDER ZEMLIANICHENKO

Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (C) rides a Harley Davidson Lehman Trike decorated with the Russian and Ukrainian national flags as he arrives for the meeting with motorbikers at their camp near Sevastopol in Ukraine's Crimea on July 24, 2010. AFP PHOTO / POOL / SERGEI KARPUKHIN

Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin rides a Harley Davidson Lehman Trike as he visits Russian and Ukrainian motorbikers at their camp near Sevastopol in Ukraine's Crimea on July 24, 2010. TOPSHOTS/AFP PHOTO/Vasiliy BATANOV

A picture released on March 6, 2010 shows Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin holding a mug of tea in the Karatash area, near the town of Abakan, during his working trip to Khakassia, on February 25, 2010. AFP PHOTO - RIA-NOVOSTI / ALEKSEY DRUZHININ

PHOTO: AFP/EAST NEWS Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (L) and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin talk while skiing in Krasnaya Polyana near the Black Sea resort of Sochi, in southern Russia on January 3, 2010. AFP PHOTO/ POOL/ RIA-NOVOSTI/ POOL / ALEXEY DRUZHININ

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP PHOTO Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a visit to a mountainside of Sochi resort, 20 February 2007. Members of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Evaluation Commission arrived in Sochi late on Sunday, their second stop on a three-city tour to evaluate which city will win the right to host the 2014 Winter Games. AFP PHOTO / POOL / MAXIM MARMUR

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP PHOTO Russian President Vladimir Putin slides downhill during a visit to a mountainside of Sochi resort, 20 February 2007. Members of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Evaluation Commission arrived in Sochi late on Sunday, their second stop on a three-city tour to evaluate which city will win the right to host the 2014 Winter Games. AFP PHOTO / POOL / MAXIM MARMUR

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP PHOTO Russian President Vladimir Putin (C) and children go by a tractor during a visit to a mountainside of Sochi resort, 20 February 2007. Members of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Evaluation Commission arrived in Sochi late on Sunday, their second stop on a three-city tour to evaluate which city will win the right to host the 2014 Winter Games. AFP PHOTO / POOL / MAXIM MARMUR