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4 days ago · FILE - Russian President Vladimir Putin visits a hospital in the southern Russian city of Beslan on Sept. 4, 2004, to meet with people who were injured after Islamic militants seized a school there. More than 300 people died in the chaotic explosions and shootout that ended the siege.
2 days ago · Vladimir Putin (born October 7, 1952, Leningrad, Russia, U.S.S.R. [now St. Petersburg, Russia]) is a Russian intelligence officer and politician who has served as president (1999–2008 and 2012– ) of Russia and as the country’s prime minister (1999 and 2008–12). One of the 21st century’s most influential leaders, Putin has shaped his ...
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- Who is Vladimir Putin?Vladimir Putin is a former Russian intelligence officer and a politician who has served as president of Russia from 1999 to 2008 and from 2012 to t...
- Was Vladimir Putin in the KGB?Vladimir Putin served for 15 years as a foreign intelligence officer in the KGB, the foreign intelligence and domestic security agency of the Sovie...
- Why is Vladimir Putin still in power?When Vladimir Putin was named president in 1999, Russia’s constitution limited the president to two consecutive terms. That’s why, after his second...
- How has Vladimir Putin changed Russia?In the two decades of Vladimir Putin’s reign, he has consolidated his rule and projected to the Russian people an image of Russia as a global power...
- What’s the background to Vladimir Putin’s attack on Ukraine in 2022?In the decades following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, Ukraine moved toward closer integration with Europe. When pro-Russian Ukrainian...
4 days ago · May 7, 2024. Vladimir V. Putin was inaugurated for a fifth term as president on Tuesday in a ceremony filled with pageantry and a televised church service, as the Russian leader tried once more to ...
4 days ago · The Associated Press. Significant dates in Vladimir Putin’s 24 years in power in Russia: Dec. 31, 1999 — In a surprise address to the nation, Russian President Boris Yeltsin announces his ...
4 days ago · In a photo provided by a Russian state-owned news agency, Sputnik, President Vladimir Putin of Russia is seen attending the Orthodox Easter service at Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow, on ...
2 days ago · With his armies grinding forward in Ukraine, Vladimir Putin on Thursday marked Victory Day — the World War II commemoration that is Russia’s most significant holiday — with an unusually ...
