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During Putin's first eight years in office, industry grew substantially, as did production, construction, real incomes, credit, and the middle class. [391] [392] A fund for oil revenue allowed Russia to repay Soviet Union's debts by 2005. Russia joined the World Trade Organization in August 2012. [393]
In the early 2000s, significant political changes took place in Russia with Vladimir Putin's rise to power. He previously held key positions in security forces and government, and he became the successor to President Boris Yeltsin .
In May 1990, Putin was appointed Mayor Sobchak's advisor on international affairs. On 28 June 1991, he was appointed head of the Committee for External Relations of the Saint Petersburg Mayor's Office, with responsibility for promoting international relations and foreign investments.
Putin travelled to Jerusalem for the World Holocaust Forum to commemorate the 75 years since the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp. Putin also met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Palestine: Bethlehem: January 23 Putin travelled to Bethlehem to discuss Palestine-Russia relations and other issues in the Middle East.
The U.S. and several other world leaders boycotted Russian President Vladimir Putin’s swearing-in ceremony for his fifth term Tuesday, though the ceremony did draw a few famous faces. Putin was ...
However, Russian president Vladimir Putin wasn’t one of them. Trump won an overwhelming victory in the 2024 presidential race, flipping key swing states, including Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, on ...
Before arriving for the inauguration, Putin was first shown sitting at a desk in his office in the Kremlin, then walking through the corridors. Afterwards, he went to the venue in a restyled Aurus Senat, as he did in the previous inauguration in 2018; however, this time he was accompanied by electric motorcycles of the same brand. [2] [3]
Russia President Vladimir Putin called for a brief ceasefire in Ukraine, according to a Jan. 5 statement from the Kremlin.The call is the first major truce since Russia invaded Ukraine last February.