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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 – 7 May 2012 (4 years, 0 days) 5 : First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia (2005–2008) Vladimir Putin: Vladimir Putin Владимир Путин Born 1952 (age 72)
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 ...
Our Home – Russia: 1 Boris Yeltsin (1931–2007) 6 November 1996 31 December 1999 (resigned) — Non-partisan — Vladimir Putin (b. 1952) 31 December 1999 7 May 2000 — Unity: 2 7 May 2000 7 May 2008 2000: Independent: 2004: 3 Dmitry Medvedev (b. 1965) 7 May 2008 7 May 2012 2008: United Russia (2) Vladimir Putin (b. 1952) 7 May 2012 ...
United Russia (33) Vladimir Putin (1952–) 2: 8 May 2008 7 May 2012 United Russia: Dmitry Medvedev (2008–2012) 37: Dmitry Medvedev (1965–) 1: 8 May 2012 7 May 2018 United Russia: Vladimir Putin (2012–) 2: 8 May 2018 15 January 2020 38 Mikhail Mishustin (1966–) 1: 16 January 2020 7 May 2024 Independent: 2: 10 May 2024 Incumbent
Russia retained its nuclear arsenal but lost its superpower status. Scrapping the central planning and state-ownership of property of the Soviet era in the 1990s, new leaders, led by President Vladimir Putin, took political and economic power after 2000 and engaged in an assertive foreign policy. Coupled with economic growth, Russia has since ...
Boris Yeltsin resigned as President of the Russian Federation. Prime Minister Putin became acting president. 2000: 26 March: 2000 Russian presidential election: Putin was elected President of Russia with 53 percent of the vote. 12 August: Russian submarine Kursk explosion: An explosion disabled the Russian submarine K-141 Kursk.
These confrontations have also led to Putin establishing control over Russian media outlets previously owned by the oligarchs. In 2001 and 2002, TV channels NTV (previously owned by Gusinsky), TV6 and TVS (owned by Berezovsky) were all taken over by media groups loyal to Putin. Similar takeovers have also occurred with print media. [62]
Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin [a] [b] (1 February 1931 – 23 April 2007) was a Soviet and Russian politician and statesman who served as President of Russia from 1991 to 1999. . He was a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1961 to 19