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Vladimir Putin's meeting table is a white-topped oval beech table that was installed in the Kremlin in the late 1990s, during the presidency of Boris Yeltsin. It is reported that the table is 6 metres (20 feet) long, made from a single sheet of beech wood , and supported on three hollowed wooden stands.
The infamous 13-foot-long table has been used during Vladimir Putin's meetings with other high-profile leaders, such as Emmanuel Macron of France.
On Monday, Russian President Vladimir Putin held two meetings with advisers and Cabinet members that yielded more extraordinary images of the lengths he has gone to in recent weeks to socially ...
Putin has previously met with world leaders at opposite ends of a different — and impractically long — white wooden table at the Kremlin. Russian state media shows off Putin's new 'long but ...
Putin also served as Prime Minister of Russia from 1999 to 2000 [e] and again from 2008 to 2012. [f] [7] At 24 years, 11 months and 27 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 ...
The series of images associated each of twelve various military and political feats performed by Putin with one of the mythological figure's famous Twelve Labors. In August 2015, Putin used a submersible to explore a Byzantine shipwreck off the coast of Crimea. "83 metres is a pretty substantial depth," he said in televised comments after the ...
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin boasted about the economy and hailed his troops' gains in Ukraine during his annual news conference and call-in show Thursday, an event he uses to reinforce his authority and demonstrate sweeping control of the country’s political scene.
Putin holds his annual end-of-year press conference in Moscow, consisting of a Q&A session and public phone-in. - Alexander Nemenov/AFP/Getty Images “I adhere to a different point of view.