Putin will take back the Kremlin seat he already held from 2000-2008 during a swearing-in ceremony on Monday
Russia's outgoing President Dmitry Medvedev (left) and President-elect, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin walk outside the Kremlin in Moscow's Manezhnaya Square on May 1. Putin supporters have unveiled plans to draw more than 50,000 people onto the streets of Moscow in a show of force ahead of the strongman's inauguration to a third presidential term.