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  2. Russia under Vladimir Putin - Wikipedia

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    The overall tax burden was lower in Russia under Putin than in most European countries. [153] President Putin signed into law in 2024, a bill imposing a 13% progressive wealth tax for those earning up to 2.4 million rubles ($27,500) annually, a 22% income tax on those earning above 50 million rubles ($573,000), and a 5% increase on corporate taxes.

  3. Vladimir Putin - Wikipedia

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    Some analysts believe that this nuclear strategy under Putin has brought Russia into violation of the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty. [429] Accordingly, U.S. president Donald Trump announced the U.S. would no longer consider itself bound by the treaty's provisions, raising nuclear tensions between the two powers. [429]

  4. List of presidents of Russia - Wikipedia

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    First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia (2005–2008) Vladimir Putin: Vladimir Putin Владимир Путин Born 1952 (age 72) 7 May 2012 – Present (12 years, 228 days) 6 : Prime Minister of Russia (2008–2012) Viktor Zubkov: Dmitry Medvedev: 7 : Mikhail Mishustin: 8

  5. Political groups under Vladimir Putin's presidency - Wikipedia

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    As President Vladimir Putin, a former employee of the Leningrad and Leningrad Oblast KGB Directorate and former Chief of the Committee for External Relations of Saint Petersburg Mayor's Office, had come to the presidency in 2000, many political observers noticed quick career promotion of bureaucrats and businesspeople from Saint Petersburg to the federal power bodies (especially the ...

  6. Russia - Wikipedia

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    Russia, [b] or the Russian Federation, [c] is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the largest country in the world by area, extending across eleven time zones and sharing land borders with fourteen countries. [d] It is the world's ninth-most populous country and Europe's most populous country. Russia is a highly urbanised ...

  7. Vladimir Putin's rise to power - Wikipedia

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    In the 1990s, Vladimir Putin, a former KGB officer, rose from the director of the Federal Security Service (FSB) to a key position in the Russian government. Putin cultivated good relations with the country's elite, including oligarchs and political figures from the Yeltsin era, which contributed to his career advancement.

  8. List of wars involving Russia - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of wars and armed conflicts involving Russia and its predecessors in chronological order, from the 9th to the 21st century.. The Russian military and troops of its predecessor states in Russia took part in a large number of wars and armed clashes in various parts of the world: starting from the princely squads, opposing the raids of nomads, and fighting for the expansion of the ...

  9. Putinism - Wikipedia

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    Putinism (Russian: путинизм, romanized: putinizm) is the social, political, and economic system of Russia formed during the political leadership of Vladimir Putin.It is characterized by the concentration of political and financial powers in the hands of "siloviks", current and former "people with shoulder marks", coming from a total of 22 governmental enforcement agencies, the majority ...