On Monday, the world's most powerful person reappeared after mysteriously disappearing for 10 days.
Without a definitive explanation from the Kremlin, Russian President Vladimir Putin welcomed President Almazbek Atambayev of Kyrgyzstan amid swirling rumors.
Putin rarely goes unnoticed after a year during which Russia annexed the multi-ethnic peninsula Crimea, engineered a civil war in Ukraine, and signed off on the world's largest construction project.
The Kremlin sets up elaborate photo ops to prove that Putin is the type of man with whom not to mess with.
Walter Hickey and Geoff Ingersoll contributed to this report.
After graduating college, Putin spent the next 16 years as an intelligence officer for the KGB where he learned the basics of becoming a sort of Bond man.
No guns, no problem. Putin also holds a sixth-degree Judo black belt and a second black belt in Kyokushin kaikan karate. The "sweeping hip throw" is his signature move.
The high council of Russian bikers unanimously voted him into a Hells Angels rank. His nickname is "Abaddon," a Hebrew word that fittingly translates to "The Destroyer."
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