Medvedev gives Putin a backie

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Vladimir Putin share a snowmobile in Krasnaya Polyana near the Black Sea resort of Sochi

Hip-hop loving Putin gets down with Russian youth

Vladimir Putin's appearance on a youth TV show went down well with Russian rappers

Berlusconi under fire for attending Putin’s party

Berlusconi is accused of cancelling a meeting with King Abdullah of Jordan

GQ magazine ‘censors’ its attack on Vladimir Putin

Publishers Conde Nast accused of timidity after anti-Putin article is kept out of Russia

Putin unveils his ‘vigorous torso’ on holiday

Russian prime minister strips off during a Siberian mini-break to reinforce his reputation a a pin-up

Putin’s Siberian mini-break

Vladimir Putin's latest holiday snaps show the man's man on a back-to-basics camping trip

The Volgograd Obama leads the way for Russia's blacks

The Volgograd Obama makes a stand in a country where ultranationalism is on the rise and 'foreigners' rarely accepted

Putin humiliates oligarch Derispaska

Aluminium magnate suffered the indignity of a dressing down from Putin on state TV

Your winning caption: Russian winker

European Commission President Jose-Manuel Barroso and Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin at a press conference in Moscow.