On October 7, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin accepts congratulations on his birthday. The work of a prime minister is very specific. Vladimir Putin often has to leave his office and sit behind the wheel of a plane, for example. And on the other hand, even in his rest hours Vladimir Putin does not always manage to avoid cameras.

On October 7, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin accepts congratulations on his birthday. The work of a prime minister is very specific. Vladimir Putin often has to leave his office and sit behind the wheel of a plane, for example. And on the other hand, even in his rest hours Vladimir Putin does not always manage to avoid cameras.

The political career of Vladimir Putin in Russia started after his return from a foreign business trip to the German Democratic Republic (GDR). In June 1991, after Anatoly Sobchak was elected the mayor of St. Petersburg, Putin became his deputy and the chairman of the Committee on External Relations of the mayor’s office in St. Petersburg.

In 1996, Vladimir Putin was invited to Moscow. On December 31, 1999 due to Boris Yeltsin's early resignation, Vladimir Putin became the acting Russian president.

As acting president, Vladimir Putin grabbed hold of the yoke of a Su-27 fighter.

As the Russian president, Vladimir Putin had to communicate with royal persons...

… and with ordinary Russian women.

Vladimir Putin feels comfortable in a biker outfit.

Vladimir Putin is in a fine physical shape,...

...which is kept due to sports activities.

Vladimir Putin is a good cowboy.

Any boy can envy the job of a premier, who can take a real automatic rifle in hands but does not need to serve in the army.

He does not need to ask anybody permission to get a puppy either …

... or a kitten. Or, on the contrary, to make a present. For example, Vladimir Putin received this tiger cub in 2008 as a gift on his birthday and then he gave it to a zoo.

Vladimir Putin and animals is a theme for another photo story. The prime minister once put a satellite collar on a tiger...

… and helped specialists study a polar bear.

To the envy of his fans, in his free time from signing important documents, Vladimir Putin can go to a football match and discuss the game of the Russian national team with the president of the country.

Less than a week ago, on October 1, Vladimir Putin treated President Dmitry Medvedev in his Gorki residence near Moscow with bread and milk which were given to him as a gift by home producers of agricultural products.
