Putin marks 59th birthday Friday.

MOSCOW, October 7 (Itar-Tass) -- Prime Minister Vladimir Putin who
plans to return to the Kremlin for a new six-year term in 2012 will turn
59 on Friday, but does not plan any major celebrations.
In previous years Putin used to mark his birthday in native St.
Petersburg, but this time he will stay in Moscow to chair a meeting on
problems of the military-defense complex.
His spokesman Dmitry Peskov said "the prime minister will definitely
mark the holiday with the family in the evening." Putin and his wife
Lyudmila have two daughters - Maria and Katerina.
"The Putins usually celebrate all family holidays together. They are
an ordinary and normal family," Peskov said.
President Dmitry Medvedev will definitely congratulate the partner of
the ruling tandem although the format has not been disclosed.
Peskov was evasive about presents the government staff has prepared
for the boss. "High-powered work is the best present," he said.