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

(FILES) A picture taken on January 3, 2010 shows Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (L) and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin talking while skiing in Krasnaya Polyana near the Black Sea resort of Sochi. US diplomats refer to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev as a hesitant leader and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin as an "alpha male," Kommersant reported on November 29, 2010 citing documents released by WikiLeaks. AFP PHOTO - FILES / RIA-NOVOSTI/ KREMLIN/ DMITRY ASTAKHOV

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: AFP/EAST NEWS Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin greets a local villager during his vacation outside the town of Kyzyl in Southern Siberia on August 3, 2009. AFP PHOTO / RIA-NOVOSTI / ALEXEY DRUZHININ

PHOTO: AFP/EAST NEWS Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin rides a horse during his vacation outside the town of Kyzyl in Southern Siberia on August 3, 2009. AFP PHOTO / RIA-NOVOSTI / ALEXEY DRUZHININ

PHOTO: AFP/EAST NEWS Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin takes lunch with a local villager during his vacation outside the town of Kyzyl in Southern Siberia on August 3, 2009. TOPSHOTS / AFP PHOTO / RIA-NOVOSTI / ALEXEY DRUZHININ

PHOTO: AFP/EAST NEWS Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin drives an outboard motorboat during his vacation outside the town of Kyzyl in Southern Siberia on August 3, 2009. AFP PHOTO / RIA-NOVOSTI / ALEXEY DRUZHININ

(FILES) A picture taken on August 3, 2009 shows Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin riding a horse during his vacation outside the town of Kyzyl in Southern Siberia. US diplomats refer to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev as a hesitant leader and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin as an "alpha male," Kommersant reported on November 29, 2010 citing documents released by WikiLeaks. AFP PHOTO - FILES / RIA-NOVOSTI / ALEXEY DRUZHININ

PHOTO: AFP/EAST NEWS Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin fishes during his vacation outside the town of Kyzyl in Southern Siberia on August 3, 2009. AFP PHOTO / RIA-NOVOSTI / ALEXEY DRUZHININ

A billboard reading "RUSSIA" in kirillic letters and showing a picture of Russian President Vladimir Putin is displayed at the entrance of the Serbian-inhabited village of Leposavic (70 km north of Pristina) on February 24, 2008, seven days after Kosovo's parliament declared the province's independence from Serbia. AFP PHOTO/DANIEL MIHAILESCU

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

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP PHOTO Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) pets his dog Kuni as Germany

Russia's President Vladimir Putin gets flowers from a child in traditional Bavarian clothes in Aying, southern Germany, on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2006. Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday urged German business leaders to open up to Russian investment and dismissed fears about Europe's biggest economy becoming too dependent on Moscow's natural gas. (AP Photo/Christof Stache)

President Vladimir Putin enters the Alexander Hall for a presentation ceremony of credentials by ambassadors in the Kremlin in Moscow, Friday, Feb. 3, 2006. Vladimir Putin received the credentials of nine new ambassadors to Russia. (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel)

Russian President Vladimir Putin kisses an icon while visiting the Mount Athos monastic community in northern Greece, during a visit, Friday, Sept. 9 2005. Putin made a private pilgrimage Friday to the 1,000-year-old monastic community of Mount Athos, the first Russian head of state ever to set foot in a place regarded as the cradle of Orthodox Christianity. (AP Photo/ITAR-TASS, Presidential Press Service, Vladimir Rodionov)

Russian President Vladimir Putin kisses an icon while visiting the Mount Athos monastic community in northern Greece, during a visit, Friday, Sept. 9 2005. Putin made a private pilgrimage Friday to the 1,000-year-old monastic community of Mount Athos, the first Russian head of state ever to set foot in a place regarded as the cradle of Orthodox Christianity. (AP Photo/ITAR-TASS, Presidential Press Service, Vladimir Rodionov)

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 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 heads to a supersonic strategic bomber to leave 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 and 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)

President Vladimir Putin, flanked by Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov, left, holds night vision goggles during his visit to the Dagestani capital Makhachkala, southern Russia, Friday, July 15, 2005. Vladimir Putin on Friday visited the violence-torn southern region of Dagestan and pointed to economic deprivation as a key cause of instability in the Russian Caucasus region. (AP Photo / ITAR-TASS, Alexei Panov, Presidential Press Service)