Tuesday August 14 marks 100 days since the inauguration of Vladimir Putin as Russian president on May 7.
Tuesday marks the first 100 days since the inauguration of Vladimir Putin as Russian president on May 7. It was his third inauguration ceremony.
On the day of his inauguration Vladimir Putin took part in a gala match of the Russian Amateur Ice Hockey League versus a Legends of Russia team. Vladimir Putin took to the ice as part of the amateur league team.
On June 1 in Berlin Russian President Vladimir Putin and Federal Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel held talks in which they discussed the development of bilateral relations as well as international issues.
Also on June 1, Vladimir Putin arrived in Paris on a working visit, where he held talks with French President Francois Hollande.
On June 5 Vladimir Putin made a two-day visit to China, where he held talks with the General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Hu Jintao.
On June 18, on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Los Cabos, Putin held his first meeting as the new Russian president with U.S. President Barack Obama.
On June 21 in St. Petersburg Vladimir Putin attended a tournament in mixed martial arts. The main event was the culmination of the sporting evening - a fight between the famous Fyodor Yemelyanenko and Pedro Rizzo from Brazil.
On June 26, on day two of his Middle East tour, Russian President Vladimir Putin visited Israel, the Palestinian territories and Jordan.
On June 29, the director of the Moscow Kremlin Museum Preserve Yelena Gagarina organized an excursion around the Kremlin Armory for the Russian President.
On the same day Vladimir Putin met with four-year-old Vera Smolnikova, who one year ago underwent a heart transplant carried out by Italian doctors.
On July 21 Vladimir Putin attended the farewell ceremony for the Russian team before they set off for the London 2012 Olympics alongside Soviet athlete, world record holder and two-time Olympic champion Nina Ponomareva (Romashkova).
On July 30, Vladimir Putin took part in the inauguration ceremony for the "Knyaz Vladimir" nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine (project "Northwind-A") at the Sevmash shipyard.
On July 31, Putin visited the Seliger Youth Forum.
On August 1, on the eve of Russian Airborne Troops Day, Vladimir Putin visited the airborne assault brigade in Ulyanovsk.
On August 2, the Russian President congratulated judoist Tagir Khaibulayev immediately after the Russian athlete had won a gold medal at the London Olympics.
On August 6, before the start of the visiting session of the Board of Trustees of the Russian Geographical Society (RGS), the Russian President met with the Father Superior of the Holy Transfiguration Valaam Monastery Bishop Pankraty.
On August 11, the Russian President attended the opening ceremony of the international air show in Zhukovsky in Moscow Region, which was being held as part of the 100th anniversary celebrations of the founding of the Russian Air Force.
