Prime Minister Vladimir Putin at a meeting with Christophe de Margerie, CEO of the Total Group, in Paris

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin meeting with French president Nicolas Sarkozy

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and French Prime Minister Francois Fillon inaugurating the Russian National Exhibition at the Grand Palais in Paris

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Francois Fillon of France examining plans for a monument to the Russian Expeditionary Force that fought in France during World War I

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and the French Prime Minister Francois Fillon visiting the site of the future Russian spiritual and cultural centre in Paris

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin meeting with former French President Jacques Chirac