They may be swapping Russia 's two top political offices in real life , but they are just children riding trikes together forever -- at least in a new kids ' coloring book . The creators of a scandalous sexy calendar for Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin have revealed a new gift for him at his 59th birthday : a children 's coloring book with the main characters Dima ( short for Dmitry ) and Vova ( short for Vladimir ) , closely resembling President Dmitry Medvedev and Putin , working and playing together . The book 's publishers , Maksim Perlin and Vladimir Tabak , presented the book Thursday ahead of Putin 's birthday on Friday . They said they would send the premier a copy . The authors said 25,000 copies of the 14-page coloring book will be printed and will sell for 150 rubles ( $ 4.62 ) . `` When children are asked who they want to be when they grow up , they often respond `` Dima and Vova , '' Perlin said . `` So we decided to create a coloring book for kids where the two leaders of the state would be their age . '' Vova , according to the book , wakes up at 6.45 a.m. and does exercises in front of a map of Russia . Dima has a bed with a teddy bear , a poster of Deep Purple and a portrait of Steve Jobs , two of Medvedev 's favorites . Dima loves apples and Vova loves porridge ( the authors believe it will help Vova to become stronger and smarter ) . The two boys ride tricycles and play badminton together , and are shown working at the Russian White House and the Kremlin . Vova , who got a new school case this year with an All Russia 's Children Front emblem on it , spends his days giving wise advice to other kids in a `` white building with a flag on the rooftop '' -- a `` difficult job no one else apart from him is able to do , '' the captions under the book 's pictures read . His friend Dima is busy with `` making people happier . '' Last year , the same authors released an erotic calendar for Putin 's birthday in which students from Moscow State University posed in lingerie with captions such as `` You put out the forest fires , but I 'm still burning . '' The calendar was briefly on sale in Moscow supermarkets for 260 rubles ( about $ 8.50 ) but was pulled from shelves after public outcry over the racy photos and innuendo . `` Girls on our calendar caused too much negativity , '' said Pavel Petukhov , the artist of the book . `` We have chosen a different target audience . But I think that both adults and children will like this book . '' `` It 's a fun , beautiful project . I think Putin will like this too , '' Perlin said .
Putin and White House star as children in a new coloring book . The publishers produced it for Vladimir Putin 's 59th birthday . They expect it to be less controversial than this year sexy calendar .