Prime Minister Vladimir Putin met with Macedonian and Serbian bikers at the Marakana stadium in Belgrade before a game between the Zenit and Crvena Zvezda youth football clubs. Putin arrived with his Serbian counterpart Mirko Cvetkovic.

Having met each other for the first time at a bike show in Sevastopol last year, Putin and the bikers exchanged cordial greetings and went to watch the football game.

The fans at the stadium greeted the Russian prime minister with a storm of applause, waving Russian flags and chanting "Russia." Some fans even held Putin's portrait. After the announcement that Putin was in the stadium, the fans began singing Katyusha, a popular Soviet wartime song, while setting off flares.