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Given United Russia's near-total dominance of Russian politics, many observers believed that Putin was all but assured of a third term. The move was expected to see Medvedev stand on the United Russia ticket in the parliamentary elections in December, with a goal of becoming Prime Minister at the end of his presidential term. [59]
Putin reached the term limit upon the end of his second four-year term in 2008. His political future became a subject of debate in Russia, with his supporters arguing that he needed a third term to finish implementing his reforms. [5] To stay in power, Putin chose Dmitry Medvedev as a loyal replacement to serve as president on his behalf. [6]
Fueled by the 2000s commodities boom including record-high oil prices, [9] [10] under the Putin administration from 2000 to 2016, an increase in income in USD terms was 4.5 times. [391] During Putin's first eight years in office, industry grew substantially, as did production, construction, real incomes, credit, and the middle class.
March 4, 2012 - Putin wins a third term as president, with just under 65% of the vote. Critics question the results amid complaints of voter fraud. May 7, 2012 - Putin is sworn in under tight ...
Election logo. Presidential elections were held in Russia from 15 to 17 March 2024. [1] [2] [a] It was the eighth presidential election in the country.The incumbent president Vladimir Putin won with 88% of the vote, the highest percentage in a presidential election in post-Soviet Russia, [4] gaining a fifth term in what was widely viewed as a foregone conclusion.
Putin used the the first moments of his fifth term to thank the “heroes” of his war in Ukraine and to rail against the West. Russia “does not refuse dialogue with Western states," he said.
Putin spoke of the challenges Trump faced in the weeks running up to the November election, including the assassination attempts, and said Trump had "showed courage to win in a convincing manner."
The East German government loosened restrictions on travel into the West, effecting the end of the Berlin Wall. 28 November: Velvet Revolution: The Communist Party of Czechoslovakia announced the end of its monopoly on political power. 1 December: Mikhail Gorbachev meets with Pope John Paul II at the Vatican. 7 December