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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. [385]
During Putin's first two terms as president, he signed into law a series of liberal economic reforms, such as the flat income tax of 13 percent, reduced profits-tax and new land and civil codes. [31] Within this period, poverty in Russia reduced by more than half [32] and real GDP has grown rapidly. [33]
President Term of office Term Previous office Prime Minister; 1: Boris Yeltsin Борис Ельцин 1931–2007: 10 July 1991 – 31 December 1999 (resigned from office) (8 years, 174 days) 1 [note 1] Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of Russia (1990–1991) Ivan Silayev: Himself: Yegor Gaidar: Viktor Chernomyrdin: 2 : Sergei Kiriyenko: Viktor ...
Watch live as Russian president Vladimir Putin takes calls from Russian people during an end-of-year phone-in on Thursday, 19 December, during the third winter of his Ukraine invasion. The Russian ...
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday congratulated Donald Trump on his US election victory in a wide-ranging speech that was followed by a three-hour marathon question-and-answer session.
Watch live as Vladimir Putin delivers a keynote speech at the Valdai forum in Sochi on Thursday (7 November), as the UK announced 56 new Russian sanctions. The UK today announced a wave of new ...
Munich speech of Vladimir Putin: Munich Security Conference, Munich, Germany: 2012 Third inauguration of Vladimir Putin: Grand Kremlin Palace, Moscow. 2014 Crimean speech of Vladimir Putin: Grand Kremlin Palace, Moscow. Valdai speech of Vladimir Putin: Valdai Discussion Club, Sochi, Russia 2018 Fourth inauguration of Vladimir Putin: Grand ...
Putin, in power as president or prime minister since 1999, will surpass Soviet leader Josef Stalin and become Russia's longest-serving ruler since 18th century Empress Catherine the Great if he ...