List of international trips made by Vladimir Putin

Putin in Munich, 2007

Vladimir Putin with Queen Elizabeth II in his visit in London. April 2000

Vladimir Putin and Tony Blair

Vladimir Putin in Cuba, December 2000

Vladimir Putin speech to International Olympic Committee in Guatemala City.

Vladimir Putin in Australia – The first Russian leader to visit this area. September 2007

Vladimir Putin in North Korea at his First official visit as President of Russia to foreign country. July 2000

Vladimir Putin in the United States, November 2001

Vladimir Putin in Israel, April 2005

Vladimir Putin at APEC Summit in Thailand, October 2003

President George W. Bush of the United States and President Vladimir Putin of Russia, exchange handshakes after their meeting at the G8 Summit in Heiligendamm, Germany. June 2007

Vladimir Putin in Iran, October 2007

Vladimir and Lyudmila Putin visiting the Taj Mahal, October 2000

This is a list of presidential and prime ministerial trips made by Vladimir Putin. During his presidency, which began with his inauguration on May 7, 2000, he has traveled to 50 different countries internationally as of March 2008, in addition to many more trips made domestically within Russia.

First term as president

2000

• April 16, 2000- Visit to Belarus
• April 17, 2000- Visit to United Kingdom meeting with Prime Minister Tony Blair
• April 18, 2000- Visit to Ukraine Meeting with President Leonid Kuchma
• July 19–20, 2000 – Visit to the Korean Democratic People's Republic at the invitation of the Secretary of the Workers' People Party of Korea, Chairman Kim Jong-il.
• July 21–23, 2000 – Meeting of Heads of State and Government of the "G-8" (Japan)
• October 2–5, 2000– State Visit To Republic of India and meeting with the Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and President Kocheril Raman Narayan
• December 14-17, 2000 - Visit to Cuba and meeting with Fidel Castro
• December 18-19,2000 - Official Visit to Canada

2001

• June 16, 2001 – Meeting with U.S. President George W. Bush (in Brdo pri Kranju, Slovenia)-Slovenia Summit 2001
• July 20–22, 2001 – Meeting of Heads of State and Government of the "G-8" (Italy)
• October 18–21, 2001 – Meeting of Heads of State and Government – members of the forum, "Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation" (Shanghai, China)
• November 12–15, 2001 – State visit to the United States of America
• 14 – December 2001 – working visit to Kharkiv, Ukraine.

2002

• April 9–10, 2002 – Russian-German intergovernmental consultations (Weimar, Germany)
• April 23–24, 2002 – Meeting of heads of Caspian states (Ashkhabad, Turkmenistan)
• May 28, 2002 – Meeting of the NATO-Russia Council at the level of Heads of State and Government (Rome, Italy)
• June 3–4, 2002 – Meeting of Heads of State and Government participating in the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (Almaty, Kazakhstan)
• June 26–28, 2002 – Meeting of Heads of State and Government of the "G-8" (Canada)
• October 6, 2002 – Trip to Kiev (Ukraine)
• October 6–7, 2002 – The CIS summit in Chisinau (Moldova)
• October 26–27, 2002-APEC summit in Mexico
• November 11, 2002 – Summit Russia-EU (Brussels, Belgium)
• November 12, 2002 – Official visit to Norway
• December 1–3, 2002 – official visit to China
• December 3–5, 2002 – Official visit to India
• December 5, 2002 – Official visit to Kyrgyzstan

2003

• January 19–20, 2003 – Meeting of Supreme State Council of the Union State of Russia and Belarus (Minsk, Belarus)
• January 27–29, 2003 – Working visit to Ukraine
• February 9, 2003 – Working visit to Germany
• February 10–12, 2003 – State visit to France
• March 1–3, 2003 – State visit to Bulgaria
• April 26–28, 2003 – Working visit to Tajikistan
• April 30 – May 5, 2003 – Working visit to Ukraine
• June 2–3, 2003 – Meeting of Heads of State and Government of the "G-8" (France)
• June 24–27, 2003 – State visit to United Kingdom
• August 4–5, 2003 – Official visit to Malaysia
• August 6, 2003 – working visit to Uzbekistan
• August 29–31, 2003 – working visit to Italy
• September 18–19, 2003 – The meeting of CIS heads of state (Yalta, Ukraine)
• September 24–27, 2003 – Working visit to the United States of America (visited Houston, Texas)
• October 16–17, 2003 – Working visit to Malaysia
• October 19–22, 2003 – Participation in the meeting of Heads of State and Government participating in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum (Bangkok, Thailand)
• October 23, 2003 – Working visit to the Kyrgyz Republic
• November 4–6, 2003 – State visit to Italy
• November 6, 2003 – Russia-EU summit(Rome, Italy)
• November 7, 2003 – Working visit to France
• December 24, 2003 – Working visit to Ukraine

2004

• January 9–10, 2004 – Official visit to Kazakhstan
• January 23–24, 2004 – Working visit to Ukraine
• April 22–23, 2004 – Working visit to Ukraine

Second term as president

2004

• May 22–24, 2004 – Meeting of Heads of States Parties to the Agreement on Common Economic Space (Crimea, Ukraine)
• June 6, 2004 – Visit to France to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Allied landings in Normandy
• June 7–8, 2004 – Visit to Mexico and met with President Vicente Fox Quesada.
• June 8–11, 2004 – Meeting of Heads of State and Government of the "G-8" (USA) and a meeting with U.S. President George W. Bush, British Prime Minister Tony Blair, German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, President of the Council of Ministers Silvio Berlusconi, French President Jacques Chirac and Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin.
• June 16–17, 2004 – working visit to Uzbekistan and attend a meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation
• June 17–19, 2004 – working visit to Kazakhstan
• June 27, 2004 – Working visit to Ukraine
• July 1, 2004 – the 60th anniversary of the liberation of Belarus (Minsk, Belarus)
• July 26, 2004 – Working visit to Ukraine
• September 15, 2004 – The Council of Heads of State – the Agreement on Common Economic Space (Astana, Kazakhstan)
• September 16, 2004 – Meeting of CIS Heads of State (Astana, Kazakhstan)
• October 14–16, 2004 – Official visit to China (meeting in Beijing with President Hu Jintao met in Xi'an with Vice Premier Wu Yi Pu Yi, the signing of bilateral agreements on the transfer to China of Russian territory near Khabarovsk)
• October 16–17, 2004 – Official visit to Tajikistan and met with President Emomali Rakhmonov
• October 18, 2004 – The Council of Heads of State Organization "Central Asian Cooperation" (Dushanbe, Tajikistan)
• October 26–28, 2004 – Working visit to Ukraine
• November 12–13, 2004 – Working visit to Ukraine
• November 19–20, 2004 – Official visit to Chile (the meeting with Chilean President Ricardo Escobar and Chamber of Deputies of the National Congress of Chile, Pablo Hernan Larainom Laurencin)
• November 20–21, 2004 – Meeting of Heads of State and Government – members of the forum, "Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation" (Santiago, Chile)
• November 21–22, 2004 – Official visit to Brazil and met with President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva
• November 23, 2004 – working visit to Portugal and a meeting with Prime Minister Pedro Santana Lopes.
• November 25, 2004 – Summit Russia-European Union (Hague, The Netherlands)
• December 3–5, 2004 – Official visit to India and meeting with President Abdul Kalam and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
• December 5–6, 2004 – Official visit to Turkey
• December 20–21, 2004 – Visit to Germany and met with Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder

2005

• January 27–28, 2005 – Participation in the ceremony marking the 60th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz (Kraków, Poland)
• February 24–25, 2005 – Official visit to Slovakia (Bratislava), a meeting with U.S. President George W. Bush.
• March 18–19, 2005 – Working visit to France
• March 19, 2005 – Working visit to Ukraine (meetings with President Viktor Yushchenko, Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Volodymyr Lytvyn, Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko and the Metropolitan of Kiev and All Ukraine Volodymyr)
• March 24–25, 2005 – working visit to Armenia
• April 10–11, 2005 – Working visit to Germany
• April 26–27, 2005 – Working visit to Egypt (meeting with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak)
• April 27–29, 2005 – Working visit to Israel and the Palestinian Authority (meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas)
• June 2, 2005 – Participating in the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
• July 5–6, 2005 – Meeting of Heads of States of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (Astana, Kazakhstan)
• July 6–8, 2005 – Meeting of Heads of State and Government of the "G-8" (Scotland)
• September 14–16, 2005 – Participation in the jubilee session of the UN General Assembly (New York City)
• First half of November 2005 – Participation in the APEC summit (Busan, South Korea)
• November 21, 2005 – Official visit to Japan. A meeting with the Emperor instead of the planned 60 minutes, lasted only 30.

2006

• January 10–13, 2006 – Official visit to Kazakhstan
• February 8–9, 2006 – State visit to Spain
• February 21–22, 2006 – Visit to Azerbaijan
• February 28 – March 1, 2006 – Official visit to Hungary
• March 21–22, 2006 – Official visit to China
• March 10, 2006 – Official visit to Algeria
• March 1–2, 2006 – Official visit to the Czech Republic
• June 16–18, 2006 – working visit to Kazakhstan.
• June 14–16, 2006 – Working visit to Shanghai.
• June 23, 2006 – working visit to Belarus (Minsk).
• September 5–6, 2006 – Official visit to South Africa
• September 4, 2006 – The visit to Greece.
• September 7, 2006 – Official visit to the Kingdom of Morocco.
• September 22–23, 2006 – Visit to France.
• October 10–11, 2006 – Visit of the Federal Republic of Germany.
• November 23–24, 2006 – Visit to Finland
• November 18–20, 2006 – Official visit to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
• November 28, 2006 – working visit to Belarus.
• December 22, 2006 – Working visit to Ukraine.

2007

• January 25–26, 2007 – Official visit to India (New Delhi). It was decided to expand bilateral cooperation in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy on the joint construction of extraction and transportation of oil and natural gas in India and the surrounding areas.
• February 10, 2007 – Working visit to Germany (Munich). Participation in the 43rd Munich Conference on Security Policy.
• January 11–12, 2007 – Official visit to Saudi Arabia (Riyadh). Signed several bilateral documents on cooperation in trade, economic, humanitarian and information fields.
• January 12, 2007 – Official visit to Qatar.
• January 13, 2007 – Official visit to Jordan. Adopted by the Cooperative statement on further deepening of friendly relations and cooperation between the two countries signed several bilateral documents. President showed the source of John the Baptist, and he washed his hands in the waters of Jordan, visited the Orthodox Church of St. John the Baptist.
• March 13–14, 2007 – working visit to Italy. Signing of several agreements and contracts. The first meeting between presidents of Russia and Pope Benedict XVI and the third visit of Putin to the Vatican.
• March 15, 2007 – working visit to Greece (Athens). Signing of the Trans-Balkan oil pipeline Burgas-Alexandroupolis.
• May 10, 2007 – Official visit to Kazakhstan (Astana). Approved a joint action plan for 2007–2008. Signed an agreement to establish the International Uranium Enrichment Center and the opening of branches of the trade missions.
• May 10–11, 2007 – Official visit to Turkmenistan (Ashgabat). The talks were the issues of cooperation between Russia and Turkmenistan in the energy, trade and humanitarian sphere.
• May 23–24, 2007 – Official visit to Austria (Vienna) and an official visit to the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.
• June 6–8, 2007 – Meeting of Heads of State and Government of the "G-8" (Germany)
• June 24, 2007 – working visit to Croatia.
• June 25, 2007 – working visit to Turkey
• July 1–2, 2007 – Visit to the United States of America
• July 3–4, 2007 – Working visit to Guatemala
• September 6, 2007 – Official visit to Indonesia (The first Russian leader to do so).
• September 7–9, 2007 – Official visit to Australia (The first visit of Russian leader.)
• September 10, 2007 – Official visit to the United Arab Emirates (Abu Dhabi). (The first visit of Russian leader to this country.)
• October 5–6, 2007 – Working visit to Tajikistan (Dushanbe)
• October 14–15, 2007 – Visit to Germany (Wiesbaden).
• October 16, 2007 – Visit to the Islamic Republic of Iran (Tehran).
• October 25–26, 2007. A visit to Portugal.
• December 13–14, 2007 – Official Visit to Belarus

2008

• January 17–18, 2008 – Official visit to Bulgaria
• April 4, 2008 – Meeting of the NATO-Russia Council (Romania, Bucharest)
• April 16–17, 2008 – Visit to Libya
• April 17–18, 2008 – Visit to Italy

Second term as prime minister

2008

• August 7–8, 2008 – Official visit to China for Beijing Olympics opening ceremony.

Third term as president

2012

• 31 May – Official visit to Minsk, Belarus.
• June 1 – Visit to France and Germany.
• June 4 – Visit to Uzbekistan.
• June 5–7 – Visit to China, participation in SCO summit.
• June 7: Visit to Kazakhstan.
• June 18–19: Meeting with US President Barack Obama in the G-20 Summit in Los Cabos, Mexico.
• June 24–25 – Official visit to Israel. Unveil the National Monument honoring the memory of Jewish soldiers in the Red Army who fought against the Nazis during World War II; meeting with President of Israel Shimon Peres and Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu.
• June 26 – Official visit in Palestinian National Authority; Unveil of the Center for Russian Culture in Bethlehem and meeting with the President of the Palestinian National Authority, Mahmoud Abbas.
• June 27 – Official visit in Jordan, meeting with King of Jordan, Abdullah II.
• July 12 – Official Visit to Ukraine. Meeting with President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovich, in the Russo-Ukrainian Inter-state commission in Yalta.
• August 2 – Official Visit to London, due to 2012 Summer Olympics, meet the British Prime Minister, David Cameron.
• September 19 – Taking part in International Forum for Cooporetion between Russian and Kazakhstan, in Pavlodar, North Kazakhstan.
• October 5 – Official visit to Tajikistan.
• October 19–20 – Official Visit to Kyrgyzstan.
• December 3 – Official Visit to Turkey.
• December 5 – Official visit in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan; Participating in the meeting of the CIS' Council of the Heads of States.
• December – Official visit to India and Met the Indian Prime Minister Manmohan singh and President Pranab Mukkerjee.

2013

Putin and Obama shake hands at G8 summit, June 17, 2013

• March 26–27 – Official visit to South Africa. BRICS Summit.
• April 7 – Official visit in Germany. He was opened the Hannover Economic Forum.
• April 8 – Official visit in Netherlands.
• June 17–18 – Trip to United Kingdom. Meeting with US President Barack Obama in the G-8 Summit in (Northern Ireland)
• June 25 – Visit in Finland.
• July 7 – Official Visit in Kazakhstan.
• August 13–14 – Visit in Azerbaijan.
• August 25 – Visit in Abkhazia.
• October 7–8 – Official visit in Indonesia.
• October 24–25 – Summit of Euro-Asian Economic Council and CIS in Minsk, Belarus.
• November 12 – visit in Vietnam.
• November 13 – visit in South Korea.
• November 25–26 – Official visit to Vatican City and Italy.
• December 2 – Visit to Armenia.

2014

Vladimir Putin and world leaders at celebrating the 70th anniversary of D-Day. June 6, 2014.

• January 28 – Official visit to Belgium. Russia-EU Summit.
• April 29 – Official visit to Minsk, Belarus. Supreme Eurasian Economic Council meeting.
• 20 May til 21 May – Official visit to China. Participating in Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia.
• 25 May – Private visit to Belarus. Participating in 2014 IIHF World Championship to support Russia men's national ice hockey team in Final Game against Finland, during which Russia become World Champion.
• 29 May – Official visit to Kazakhstan. Meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council. President Putin has met with President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko. He signed the Treaty on the Eurasian Economic Community. In addition, Putin has conduct a separate meeting with President of Kyrgyzstan Almazbek Atambayev.
• June 5 and 6 – Official visit to Paris and Deauville in France, as part of 70th anniversary of D-Day and the Battle of Normandy. Meet with leaders such as French President François Hollande; German Chancellor Angela Merkel; US President Barack Obama; Ukrainian President-Elect Petro Poroshenko; and British Prime Minister David Cameron.
• June 24 – Official visit to Austria
• July 11 – As part of Official visit to South America he held a meeting with President of Cuba Raúl Castro and Fidel Castro in Havana, Cuba.
• July 12 – Official Visit to Nicaragua and Argentina. Putin held a meeting in Managua with President of Nicaragua Daniel Ortega. On same day he held a meeting with President of Argentina Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and President of Uruguay José Mujica in Buenos Aires.

Putin shakes hands with Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff at the 6th BRICS summit in Brasilia, Brazil. July 16, 2014.

• July 13 til July 17 – Official Visit in Brazil. Attending FIFA World Cup Finale in Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro. Held a meeting with Chancellor of Germany, Angela Merkel and President of Brazil Dilma Rousseff. Taking part in annual BRICS Summit. Meet the President of the People's Republic of China Xi Jinping, President of South Africa Jacob Zuma, Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi, President of Venezuela Nicolás Maduro and President of Bolivia Evo Morales.
• August 26 – Official visit to Belarus. Meeting with President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko, and leaders of Eurasian Customs Union.
• September 3 – Official visit to Mongolia. Meet the President Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj in Ulan Bator.
• September 11 til September 12 – Official Visit to Dushanbe, Tajikistan. Taking partin Annual SCO Summit. Held meeting with President of China Xi Jinping, President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev, President of Kyrgyzstan Almazbek Atambayev, President of Tajikistan Emomalii Rahmon, President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov. Also meet the Iranian President Hassan Rouhani
• October 10 – As part of presidents meeting in Minsk, Belarus, Putin attended the Eurasian Economic Union Summit.
• October 16 – Official visit to Belgrade, Serbia. 70th anniversary of the liberation of Belgrade. Meeting with President Tomislav Nikolić and Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić.
• October 17 – Participating in 11th ASEM in Milan, Italy. Meeting with Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko, Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel, President of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy, President of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso, President of France François Hollande.
• November 8 til November 11 – Visit to Beijing, China. Taking part in APEC Annual summit, alongside with leaders of APEC economies, such as Chinese President Xi Jinping, U.S. President Barack Obama, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Indonesian President, Joko Widodo, Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott, Sultan of Brunei Hassanal Bolkiah, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Chilean President Michelle Bachelet, Chinese Taipei Representative Vincent Siew, Chief Executive of Hong Kong CY Leung, Malayan Prime Minister Najib Razak, Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto, Prime Minister of New Zealand John Key, Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea Peter O'Neill, Peruvian President Ollanta Humala, Philippine President Benigno Aquino III, Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, South Korean President Park Geun-hye, Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha and Vietnamease Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung. Putin also meet with Christine Lagarde, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund.
• November 15–16 – Participating in G-20 Annual Summit in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. During the summit Putin has meet the G-20 Leaders, especially with Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and British Prime Minister David Cameron. He mate with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, French President François Hollande, President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker, Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto and BRICS Leaders (particularly Dilma Rousseff, Jacob Zuma) and invited them to 7th BRICS summit in July 2015 in Ufa, Bashkortostan.
• December 1 – Official visit to Turkey.
• December 10 – Official visit to Uzbekistan.
• December 10–11 – Working visit to India. Meets the Indian President Pranab Mukherjee, The President of Indian National Congress Sonia Gandhi and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

2015

World leaders at 2015 G-20 Antalya summit.

• February 9–10 – Official visit to Egypt (meeting with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi) alongside with Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov and Russian Businessmen. Taking part in Concert with Egyptian President in Cairo Opera House.
• February 11 – Visit to Belarus. Meeting with President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko, President of France François Hollande, and Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel.
• February 17 – Official visit to Hungary.
• March 20 – Visit to Kazakhstan.
• April 24 – Visit to Yerevan, Armenia. Participating in memorial ceremony to commemorate 100 years since the Armenian genocide.
• June 9–10 – Visit to Milan and Rome, Italy and Vatican City, attended Expo 2015 in Milan with Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and met with President Sergio Mattarella in Rome and Pope Francis in Vatican City.
• June 12–13 – Visit to Azerbaijan. Attended in 1st European Games' opening ceremony in Baku. Met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
• September 2–4 – Official Visit to Beijing, China, to participate in 70th anniversary of anti-Japanese Fascists war victory. Held a meeting with Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev and President of the People's Republic of China Xi Jinping.
• September 14–15 – Trip to Tajikistan for CSTO summit.
• September 27–28 – Official Visit to New York City, United States to participate in 70th Regular Session of the United Nations General Assembly. Held a meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama.
• October 2 – Trip to Paris for peace talks on Ukraine. Meeting with President of France François Hollande, President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko, and Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel.
• October 14–16 – Trip to Astana for CIS summit.
• November 15–16 – Visit to Antalya, Turkey, to attend the G-20 Leaders' Meeting.
• November 23 – Official visit to Iran. Taking part in Gas Exporting Countries Forum in Tehran.
• November 30 – Visit to Paris, France. Taking part in the UN Climate Change Conference.

2016

• February 25 – Visit to Belarus. Taking part in Union State meeting.
• May 27–28 – Official Visit to Greece.
• May 31 – Trip to Kazakhstan for Supreme Eurasian Economic Council meeting.
• June 8–9 – Visit to Belarus.
• June 23–24 -Visit to Uzbekistan for Shanghai cooperation organization meeting.
• June 25 – Visit to China.
• July 1 – Visit to Finland.
• July 30 – Visit to Slovenia.
• August 8 – Visit to Azerbaijan. Trilateral meeting with Azerbaijani and Iranian Presidents.
• September 4–5 – Visit to Hangzhou, China, to attend the G-20 Leaders' Meeting.
• September 6 – Private visit to Samarkand, Uzbekistan, to pay honor to the deceased President Islam Karimov.
• September 16 – Visit to Kyrgyzstan for CIS Summit.
• October 4 – Visit to Kazakhstan for business forum.
• October 10 – Visit to Turkey for global energy summit.
• October 14 - Visit to Armenia for CSTO summit.
• October 15-16 - Visit to Goa, India for 8th BRICS summit.
• October 19 - Trip to Berlin, Germany for peace talks on Ukraine and Syrian civil war. Meeting with Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel, President of France François Hollande and President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko.
• November 19-20 - Visit to Lima, Peru, to attend the APEC Annual summit.

External links

• Travels of the Putin Presidency in Kremlin.ru archive in the 1st and the 2nd his term as president.