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Following Yeltsin's resignation, Putin became acting president and, in less than four months, was elected to his first term as president. He was reelected in 2004 . Due to constitutional limitations of two consecutive presidential terms, Putin served as prime minister again from 2008 to 2012 under Dmitry Medvedev .
After Putin was appointed prime minister, Yeltsin publicly announced his support for Putin as his successor. Analysts initially did not consider Putin a potential president—the only scenario that journalist Alexei Volin could imagine to "help a hopeless client with low ratings and no public image" become president was "a short victorious war."
Vladimir Putin has formally begun his fifth term as Russia’s president in a carefully choreographed inauguration ceremony, in a country he has shaped in his image after first taking office ...
Acting president during Boris Yeltsin's heart surgery. Vladimir Putin Владимир Путин Born 1952 (age 72) 31 December 1999 – 7 May 2000 Acting president after Yeltsin's early resignation.
Vladimir Putin has formally begun his fifth term as Russia’s president in a carefully choreographed inauguration ... Saquon Barkley becomes 9th running back in NFL history to rush for 2,000 ...
Since succeeding President Boris Yeltsin in the waning hours of 1999, Putin has transformed Russia from a country emerging from economic collapse to a pariah state Putin begins his fifth term as ...
When Putin later became president, the dissertation became a target of plagiarism accusations by fellows at the Brookings Institution, Igor Danchenko and Clifford G. Gaddy; though the allegedly plagiarised study was referenced to [8] [9] the authors of the allegation felt sure it constituted plagiarism, though they were unsure as to whether it ...
The three-day vote saw Putin claim 87% of the vote after facing no credible opposition candidates. Putin's most prominent opponent, Alexei Navalny, was found dead in an Arctic penal colony in ...