Having concluded his visit to Mongolia, the Prime Minister reviewed his year in power at the Government House.
Vladimir Putin himself admits that he has got to grips with his prime ministerial duties.
"You've had one year as Prime Minister. How do you rate your work so far?" journalists asked.
"It's been good. That's how it seems to me," Putin said modestly, "you can only assess it when the main body of work on overcoming the crisis is completed."
Members of the press asked whether Putin was planning to meet President Barack Obama during his first visit to Russia this July. "If I am in Moscow and he has some free time, why not? But he is the President of America, and his counterpart here is the President of Russia."
And Vladimir Putin was pleased with another result, this time from his visit to Mongolia.
Putin received a warm reception there, and as it happens, he noticed it. "The most important thing we have is our good relations. We could see how people reacted as our convoy was driving through; they were welcoming, with beaming smiles" the Russian Prime Minister said.
Just before the end of the trip, Vladimir Putin praised the famous explorer Fyodor Konyukhov for traversing the great Silk Road as part of his scientific expedition. The Prime Minister wished the explorer success, while, for his part, Konyukhov said he hoped that sometime he will be able to meet with Putin in Moscow.