U.S. first lady Laura Bush, wife of US-President George W. Bush, left, speaks with Russian President Vladimir Putin's wife, Lyudmila, at Bratislava Castle, Slovakia, Thursday, Feb. 24, 2005. Closing out a European goodwill tour, Bush was meeting Putin in their first encounter since the U.S. president began his new term in January. (AP Photo/ ITAR-TASS/ Presidential Press Service)

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, arrives with his wife Lyudmila Putin at the M. R. Stefanik airport in Bratislava, Slovakia on Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2005 for the summit with US President George W Bush. (AP Photo/Tasr, Daniel Veselsky)

President Vladimir Putin and his wife Lyudmila watch during horse races at the Moscow Central Hippodrome, in this July 3, 2004 picture. Russian President Vladimir Putin usually comes home at midnight, likes to drink kefir (yogurt) and never discusses his work with family members, first lady Lyudmila Putin revealed in an interview with three Russian newspapers published Wednesday, May 31, 2005. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, file)

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP Russian President Vladimir Putin and his wife Ludmilla are seen after casting his vote for the Russian Presidential election, 14 March 2004 at a polling station in Moscow.Russia, which voted in presidential polls Sunday, is the largest country in the world, sprawling over 11 time zones and covering more than 10 percent of the globe's total land area.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his wife Lyudmila leave a polling station after voting in Moscow, Sunday, March 14, 2004. As Russians cast ballots Sunday in the presidential election, President Vladimir Putin made a final appeal to the nation to vote, highlighting Kremlin fears that low turnout will mar the new four-year mandate the incumbent is expected to easily win. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his wife Lyudmila leave a polling station in Moscow, Sunday, March 14, 2004. Russians cast ballots Sunday in a presidential vote that incumbent Vladimir Putin is expected to win in a landslide after a lackluster campaign that gave most Russians little chance to hear from his challengers. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze)

Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and his wife Lyudmila head for a gala dinner in Bangkok, Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2003. Vladimir Putin is in Thailand to take part in the APEC annual summit. (AP Photo/ITAR-TASS, Presidential Press Service)

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP Lyudmila Putina, wife of the Russian President Vladimir Putin during the official welcoming ceremony in London 24 June 2003. Putin is on the first state visit to Britain by a Russian leader in more than a century.

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP US President George W. Bush (L) and First Lady Laura Bush (R) greet Russian President Vladimir Putin (2nd-R) and his wife Lyudmila Putin 14 November 2001 at the Bush's Crawford, Texas ranch. Bush emphasized that Putin's visit was first and foremost a chance for the two to deepen their personal relationship.

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) steps off the plane with his wife Lyudmila (L) 17 December 2000 upon arriving 17 December 2000 in Ottawa, Canada. Putin is on a two-day state visit to Canada. AFP Photo/Dave CHAN

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP Lioudmila, l'??pouse du pr??sident russe Vladimir Poutine en visite en France pour participer ?. un sommet Union europ??nne-Russie, pose avant de d??jeuner au second ??tage, le 30 octobre 2000 ?. la Tour Eiffel ?. Paris. AFP PHOTO PHILIPPE DESMAZES

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP Portrait of Lyudmila Alexandrovna Putin, the wife of Russian president Vladimir Putin, in Cervantes institute in Alcala de Henares 13 June 2000.

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP Russian president Vladimir Putin' wife Lyudmila carries a bunch of flowers she received upon her arrival at Madrid Bajaras airport 13 June 2000 in Madrid. Putin arrived here for a 24-hour visit to Spain that will include talks with King Juan Carlos and Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar.

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP Lyudmila Putin, wife of Russian President Vladimir Putin, signs the book at the Cervantes institute in Alcala de Henares 13 June 2000 in Madrid. Vladimir Putin and his wife Lyudmila arrived in Madrid in the latest of a series of visits to western European capitals, where the Russian president will press the case for Russia's campaign in Chechnya and its own plans for a missile defence shield.

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/LASKI DIFFUSION Acting president of Russia, Vladimir Putin's wife, Ludmila Putin at school in St Peterburg, Russia, 1970.

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/LASKI DIFFUSION Wladimir Putin (prezydent Rosji) z zona i corka Masza, 1985 r. Vladirmir Putin (president of Russia ) with his wife and daughter Masha, 1985.