• Vladimir Putin sticks to a standard daily schedule.

• As president of Russia, Putin has overseen the country's slide back into authoritarianism, according to the Economist's Democracy Index.

• Putin's daily routine reportedly features a late start, a morning press briefing, and lots of exercise.

Vladimir Putin loves badly behaved dogs and a breakfast of quail eggs.

That's according to a 2014 profile of Putin by Newsweek's Ben Judah, who spent years researching the foreign leader for his book, "Fragile Empire: How Russia Fell in and Out of Love with Vladimir Putin."

The Russian president has also been a fixture in global news lately due to — among other things — the ongoing investigation into alleged collusion with President Donald Trump's campaign, meddling in the 2016 presidential election, and the poisoning of a Russian ex-spy and his daughter in Britain.

The former KGB agent served as Russia's prime minister from 1999 to 2000 and from 2008 to 2012. From 2000 to 2008 and 2012 to the present day, he has held the office of the presidency. While some have praised Putin's partial reversal of Russia's economic fortunes, his tenure has sent the country sliding back into authoritarianism, according to the Economist's Democracy Index.

Take a look at a day in the life of Vladimir Putin: