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During his first term in office, Putin opposed some of the Yeltsin-era business oligarchs, as well as his political opponents, resulting in the exile or imprisonment of such people as Boris Berezovsky, Vladimir Gusinsky, and Mikhail Khodorkovsky; other oligarchs such as Roman Abramovich and Arkady Rotenberg are friends and allies with Putin. [385]
Met with President Islam Karimov; this is the first foreign visit after Vladimir Putin's inauguration for the first presidential term. Turkmenistan: Ashgabat: May 19 Met with President Saparmurat Niyazov. Belarus: Minsk: May 23–24 Met with President Alexander Lukashenko.
Third inauguration of Vladimir Putin: Grand Kremlin Palace, Moscow. 2014 Crimean speech of Vladimir Putin: Grand Kremlin Palace, Moscow. Valdai speech of Vladimir Putin: Valdai Discussion Club, Sochi, Russia 2018 Fourth inauguration of Vladimir Putin: Grand Kremlin Palace, Moscow. 2020 2020 Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly
During his first term in office, he moved to curb the political ambitions of some of the Yeltsin-era oligarchs such as former Kremlin insider Boris Berezovsky, who had "helped Mr. Putin enter the family, and funded the party that formed Mr. Putin's parliamentary base", according to a BBC profile.
However, the tradition of the prime-time Oval Office address has continued into the Trump and Biden presidencies. The address of January 8, 2019, during the government shutdown was the first time that Trump requested airtime. [15] The address of June 2, 2023, during the debt-ceiling crisis was the first time that Biden requested airtime.
President Joe Biden will vow to make Vladimir Putin “pay a price” for Russia's invasion of Ukraine in his first State of the Union address, rallying allies abroad while also outlining his ...
A member of the Democratic Party, Obama was first elected to the Illinois Senate in 1997 representing the 13th district, which covered much of the Chicago South Side. In 2000, Obama ran an unsuccessful campaign for Illinois's 1st congressional district in the United States House of Representatives against four-term incumbent Bobby Rush.
The pre-recorded address, being aired just before midnight in each of Russia's 11 time zones, was in sharp contrast to last year, when he stood behind grim-looking soldiers to make a stern call ...