President Vladimir Putin dons boxer's gloves as he attended a training session of Russian national boxing team in Moscow, Sunday, March 14, 2004. Incumbent Vladimir Putin appeared headed toward a strong mandate for a second presidential term, winning more than 65 percent of the vote Sunday, according to preliminary official results and an exit poll. (AP Photo/ITAR-TASS, Presidential Press Service)

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

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 Prime Minister Vladimir Putin seen as plays ice hockey in a training session with teenage players at the Luzhniki stadium in Moscow, Russia, Friday, April 15, 2011. (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel)

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin takes part in an ice hockey session with teenage players at the Luzhniki stadium in Moscow, Russia, Friday, April 15, 2011. (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel)

Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin takes part in a judo training session at the "Moscow" sports complex in St. Petersburg, on December 22, 2010. AFP PHOTO/ RIA-NOVOSTI POOL/ ALEXEY DRUZHININ

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

Russian President Vladimir Putin takes off his belt during a master class at a judo school in St.Petersburg, on Saturday, Dec. 24, 2005, with Japanese World and Olympics judo champion Yasuhiro Yamashita in the background. Putin, a black belt in the sport and a KGB veteran of 16 years, met Yamashita on a trip to Tokyo last month and invited him to visit Russia. On Friday night, Putin treated Yamashita with a dinner at a St.Petersburg restaurant. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a master class at a judo school in St. Petersburg, Russia, Saturday, Dec. 24, 2005. Putin, a judo black belt and a KGB veteran, showed off his skills in the sport Saturday in nationwide television footage, giving a master class to students of a judo school in his home city. (AP Photo/ITAR-TASS, Sergei Zhukov, Presidential Press Service)

Russian President Vladimir Putin smiles at an airfield near the northern city of Murmansk, Russia shortly after landing there aboard a supersonic Tu-160 strategic bomber, Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2005. After attending the Moscow International Air Show Tuesday, the 52-year-old Russian leader donned a helmet and an air force jump suit, then boarded a sleek white Tu-160 bomber taking off for a training mission that included supersonic flight and launching a cruise missile over the Arctic. (AP Photo/ITAR-TASS, Presidential Press Service, Alexei Panov)

Russian President Vladimir Putin wearing a red and blue helmet sits in the cockpit of a supersonic Tu-160 strategic bomber shortly after landing at an airfield near the northern city of Murmansk, Russia Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2005. After attending the Moscow International Air Show Tuesday, the 52-year-old Russian leader donned a helmet and an air force jump suit, then boarded a sleek white Tu-160 bomber taking off for a training mission that included supersonic flight and launching a cruise missile over the Arctic. (AP Photo/ITAR-TASS, Presidential Press Service, Alexei Panov)

Russian President Vladimir Putin smiles at an airfield near the northern city of Murmansk, Russia, shortly after landing there aboard a supersonic Tu-160 strategic bomber, Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2005. After attending the Moscow International Air Show Tuesday, the 52-year-old Russian leader donned a helmet and an air force jump suit, then boarded a sleek white Tu-160 bomber taking off for a training mission that included supersonic flight and launching a cruise missile over the Arctic. (AP Photo/ITAR-TASS, Presidential Press Service, Alexei Panov)

Russian President Vladimir Putin wearing a jump suit sits in the cockpit of a supersonic strategic bomber leaving for a training mission, in Moscow, Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2005. After attending the Moscow International Air Show Tuesday, the 52-year-old Russian leader donned a black helmet and an air force jump suit, then boarded a sleek white Tu-160 bomber taking off for a training mission that included supersonic flight and launching a cruise missile over the Arctic. (AP Photo/ITAR-TASS, Presidential Press Service)

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.