Prime Minister Vladimir Putin boarded the sailing ship Mir (Peace), the winner of the first stage in the international regatta of training sailing ships, the Tall Ships’ Races-2009 at the Gdynya-St. Petersburg stage

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin making a speech at the award ceremony for the participants in the first, Gdynya-St. Petersburg stage of the international regatta of training sailing ships, the Tall Ships' Races - Baltic 2009

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin meeting with Anatoly Perminov, head of the Federal Space Agency

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin meeting with Sergei Katanandov, the Head of the Republic of Karelia

Vladimir Putin, on a working visit to Karelia, chairing a meeting of the State Border Commission in Petrozavodsk

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin visiting Valaam Island, where he made a tour of the Valaam Monastery together with Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia