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In international affairs, Putin had made increasingly critical public statements regarding the foreign policy of the United States and other Western countries. In February 2007, at the annual Munich Conference on Security Policy, he criticized what he called the United States' monopolistic dominance in global relations, and claimed that the United States displayed an "almost unconstrained ...
On 7 May 2012, the same day he ceased to be the president of Russia, Dmitry Medvedev was nominated by President Vladimir Putin to the office of prime minister. [ 133 ] [ 134 ] On 8 May 2012, the State Duma of the Russian Federation voted on the nomination submitted by the new president and confirmed the choice of Medvedev to the post.
On February 12, 2013, hours before the 2013 State of the Union Address by U.S. president Obama, two Russian Tu-95 Bear strategic bombers, reportedly equipped with nuclear-tipped cruise missiles, circled the U.S. territory of Guam. [101] Air Force F-15 jets based on Andersen Air Force Base were scrambled to intercept the aircraft. [101]
Reclusive Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich was spotted at talks between Ukraine and Russia in Istanbul on Tuesday. The oligarch and ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin has been in the ...
Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, the Deputy Chairman of Russia's Security Council, warned NATO Thursday that his country's defeat in Ukraine could trigger a nuclear war.
Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said his country would “deliver an unacceptable strike” if it perceived any threats to its territory.
Vice President: Acting president during the 1993 constitutional crisis. His powers were not recognized by Boris Yeltsin. Viktor Chernomyrdin Виктор Черномырдин 1938–2010 (aged 72) 5–6 November 1996 Prime Minister: Acting president during Boris Yeltsin's heart surgery. Vladimir Putin Владимир Путин Born 1952 ...
President Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine has touched off the worst breakdown in relations between Russia and the West since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis. Russia is now advancing along the front ...