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Electoral history of Vladimir Putin, second and fourth President of Russia and 33rd Prime Minister of Russia.. The legitimacy of 21st century elections in Russia, with their consistent high turn-out for one candidate, have been questioned by academics and observers, although such accusations of fraud and vote-rigging have been consistently denied by Russian officials.
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.
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. [387]
May 7, 2000 — After winning election with about 53% of the vote, Putin is inaugurated for his first four-year term. It is the first salvo in moves against prominent independent media that have ...
In his first term as president Putin had overseen an upswing in the economic fortunes of Russia, giving him a strong level of public approval. [4] Approximately three months in advance of the presidential election the Putin-backed United Russia party had swept the 2003 legislative election , while opposition parties experienced a strong decline ...
Russia is holding a presidential election that is all but certain to extend Vladimir Putin’s rule throughout this decade and into the 2030s. Putin is coasting towards another term in power.
Putin's administration has often been described as a "sovereign democracy". [2] First proposed by Vladislav Surkov in February 2006, the term quickly gained currency within Russia and arguably unified various political elites around it. According to its proponents, the government's actions and policies ought above all to enjoy popular support ...
Vladimir Putin secured an unprecedented fifth term as president of Russia Monday, as the election commission announced the results of a vote in which he faced no serious challenges and which ...