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Russian oligarch and leader of Wagner Group, Wagner commanders, air crew 2023-08-24 Kuzhenkino, Tver Oblast Russia: 10 (including 7 targets) 0 Killed in plane crash after likely bomb exploded on board. [38] [39] [40] Putin's right-hand man Nikolai Patrushev is believed to have orchestrated the assassination of Prigozhin. [41] Alexander Perepilichny
Vladimir Putin: 2: Vladimir Putin Владимир Путин Born 1952 (age 72) 7 May 2000 – 7 May 2008 (acting from 31 December 1999) (8 years, 128 days) 3 : Prime Minister of Russia (1999–2000) Mikhail Kasyanov [note 2] Mikhail Fradkov: 4 : Viktor Zubkov: 3: Dmitry Medvedev Дмитрий Медведев Born 1965 (age 59) 7 May 2008 ...
This is a list of rulers of Kievan Rus', the Tsardom of Russia, the Russian Empire, the Russian Republic, the Soviet Union, and the modern Russian Federation.It does not include regents, acting rulers, rulers of the separatist states in the territory of Russia, persons who applied for the post of ruler, but did not become one, rebel leaders who did not control the capital, and the nominal ...
On 30 December 1922, the Russian Soviet Republic, along with the Soviet pro-Bolshevik republics of Ukraine, Belarus and the Southern Caucasus were merged into the Soviet Union, with the Russian SFSR authorities holding the authority of the highly centralized country, which was governed by a leader of the Communist Party or a collective leadership .
Denis Vladimirovich Pushilin [b] (born 9 May 1981 [1]) is a Russian politician who has served as the Head of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) since 2018. [citation needed] He has held the position in an acting capacity ever since the Russian annexation of the DPR in 2022.
Putin also served as Prime Minister of Russia from 1999 to 2000 [e] and again from 2008 to 2012. [f] [7] At 25 years and 5 days, he is the longest-serving Russian or Soviet leader since the 30-year tenure of Joseph Stalin. Putin worked as a KGB foreign intelligence officer for 16 years, rising to the rank of lieutenant colonel. He resigned in ...
The following is a chronological list of notable heads of governments and heads of state deaths that have resulted from assassination or execution. This list considers only the incumbent head of state or government. Heads of state or government assassinated or executed after they left office (e.g. Aldo Moro, Saddam Hussein and Shinzo Abe) are ...
In the weeks before his death, he expressed fear that Putin would have him killed. [11] [12] In late June 2017, five Chechnya-born men were found guilty by a jury in a Moscow court for agreeing to kill Nemtsov in exchange for 15 million rubles (US$253,000); neither the identity nor whereabouts of the person who hired them is officially known. [13]