On Sunday, October 7, Russian President Vladimir Putin will celebrate his 60th birthday. This will be the fourteenth birthday he’s celebrated while holding high office – since his first appointment as Prime Minister in 1999. RIA Novosti takes a look back through these 14 years.
© RIA Novosti . Dmitry Astakhov / Go to the mediabankOn Sunday, October 7, Russian President Vladimir Putin will celebrate his 60th birthday. This will be the fourteenth birthday he’s celebrated while holding high office – since his first appointment as Prime Minister in 1999. RIA Novosti takes a look back through these 14 years.
On Sunday, October 7, Russian President Vladimir Putin will celebrate his 60th birthday. This will be the fourteenth birthday he’s celebrated while holding high office – since his first appointment as Prime Minister in 1999. RIA Novosti takes a look back through these 14 years.
© RIA Novosti . Kondratiev / Go to the mediabankThis is one of the first photos of Acting Russian President Vladimir Putin. On December 31, 1999, Putin flew to Chechnya, while people across Russia were preparing to celebrate New Year.
This is one of the first photos of Acting Russian President Vladimir Putin. On December 31, 1999, Putin flew to Chechnya, while people across Russia were preparing to celebrate New Year.
© RIA Novosti . Vladimir Rodionov / Go to the mediabankFebruary 11, 2000. Acting Russian President Vladimir Putin visits the Kolos pedigree livestock-breeding farm.
February 11, 2000. Acting Russian President Vladimir Putin visits the Kolos pedigree livestock-breeding farm.
© RIA Novosti . Vladimir Rodionov / Go to the mediabankApril 6, 2000. Acting Russian President Vladimir Putin attends exercises involving the Russian Navy’s Northern Fleet at a nuclear-powered submarine base.
April 6, 2000. Acting Russian President Vladimir Putin attends exercises involving the Russian Navy’s Northern Fleet at a nuclear-powered submarine base.
© RIA Novosti . Vladimir Viatkin / Go to the mediabankMay 7, 2000. Serving Russian President Vladimir Putin and Russia’s first President Boris Yeltsin on Grand Kremlin Palace’s Red Porch on the day of Putin’s inauguration.
May 7, 2000. Serving Russian President Vladimir Putin and Russia’s first President Boris Yeltsin on Grand Kremlin Palace’s Red Porch on the day of Putin’s inauguration.
© RIA Novosti . Kondratiev / Go to the mediabankOctober 1, 2000. Russian President Vladimir Putin in Vladivostok.
October 1, 2000. Russian President Vladimir Putin in Vladivostok.
© RIA Novosti . Sergey Guneev / Go to the mediabankMay 24, 2002. Vladimir Putin and his wife, Lyudmila Putin, before meeting with US President George W. Bush.
May 24, 2002. Vladimir Putin and his wife, Lyudmila Putin, before meeting with US President George W. Bush.
© RIA Novosti . Sergey Guneev / Go to the mediabankAugust 28, 2002. Vladimir Putin meets with members of a reconnaissance patrol from Russia’s Airborne Force in Chita.
August 28, 2002. Vladimir Putin meets with members of a reconnaissance patrol from Russia’s Airborne Force in Chita.
© RIA Novosti . Vladimir Rodionov / Go to the mediabankAugust 29, 2002. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Kemerovo Region Governor Aman Tuleyev after visiting Mezdhurechensky open-pit coal mine.
August 29, 2002. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Kemerovo Region Governor Aman Tuleyev after visiting Mezdhurechensky open-pit coal mine.
© RIA Novosti . Alexey Panov / Go to the mediabankJanuary 3, 2003. Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Russia’s Supreme Mufti Talgat Tadzhuddin, center right, in the new Lyalya-Tyulpan Mosque and Madrasah complex in Ufa.
January 3, 2003. Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Russia’s Supreme Mufti Talgat Tadzhuddin, center right, in the new Lyalya-Tyulpan Mosque and Madrasah complex in Ufa.
© RIA Novosti . Vladimir Fedorenko / Go to the mediabankSeptember 25, 2003. Vladimir Putin watches Russian and US junior-league baseball teams play at Columbia University in New York City.
September 25, 2003. Vladimir Putin watches Russian and US junior-league baseball teams play at Columbia University in New York City.
© RIA Novosti . Sergey Guneev / Go to the mediabankFebruary 18, 2004. Vladimir Putin visits the Plesetsk Space Center.
February 18, 2004. Vladimir Putin visits the Plesetsk Space Center.
© RIA Novosti . Alexey Panov / Go to the mediabankFebruary 27, 2004. Vladimir Putin visits the village of Ovsyanka, the birthplace of writer Viktor Astafyev.
February 27, 2004. Vladimir Putin visits the village of Ovsyanka, the birthplace of writer Viktor Astafyev.
© RIA Novosti . Alexey Panov / Go to the mediabankMarch 14, 2004. Vladimir Putin visits the Russian national boxing team’s training center in the town of Chekhov near Moscow.
March 14, 2004. Vladimir Putin visits the Russian national boxing team’s training center in the town of Chekhov near Moscow.
© RIA Novosti . Vladimir Viatkin / Go to the mediabankMay 17, 2007. Vladimir Putin attends the signing ceremony of the Act of Canonical Communion between the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia and the Moscow Patriarchate at the Cathedral of Christ the Savior.
May 17, 2007. Vladimir Putin attends the signing ceremony of the Act of Canonical Communion between the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia and the Moscow Patriarchate at the Cathedral of Christ the Savior.
© RIA Novosti . Dmitry Astakhov / Go to the mediabankAugust 13, 2007. Vladimir Putin meets with members of an expedition conducting excavation work at the Por-Bazhyn fortress.
August 13, 2007. Vladimir Putin meets with members of an expedition conducting excavation work at the Por-Bazhyn fortress.
© RIA Novosti . Alexey Druzhinin / Go to the mediabankJuly 7, 2009. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin visits the Night Wolves Russian bikers’ club and talks to the club’s president Alexander “Surgeon” Zaldostanov.
July 7, 2009. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin visits the Night Wolves Russian bikers’ club and talks to the club’s president Alexander “Surgeon” Zaldostanov.
© RIA Novosti . Dmitry Astakhov / Go to the mediabankJune 11, 2011. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin at the Gorki residence outside Moscow.
June 11, 2011. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin at the Gorki residence outside Moscow.
© RIA Novosti . Alexey Druzhinin / Go to the mediabankJune 6, 2012. Russian President Vladimir Putin and President Hu Jintao of the People’s Republic of China at an official concert in honor of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization’s Heads of State, at the National Grand Theater of the People’s Republic of China.
June 6, 2012. Russian President Vladimir Putin and President Hu Jintao of the People’s Republic of China at an official concert in honor of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization’s Heads of State, at the National Grand Theater of the People’s Republic of China.
© RIA Novosti . Alexey Nikolsky / Go to the mediabankAugust 11, 2012. Vladimir Putin attends the opening ceremony of an international air show marking the 100th anniversary of the Russian Air Force in the town of Zhukovsky near Moscow.
August 11, 2012. Vladimir Putin attends the opening ceremony of an international air show marking the 100th anniversary of the Russian Air Force in the town of Zhukovsky near Moscow.