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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 ...
The governor also pledged $500 million in seed money to support the project. [125] It was estimated that the project would cost $26 billion. [124] Newsweek described the project as "the principal achievement of Sarah Palin's term as Alaska's governor." [126] The pipeline also faces legal challenges from Canadian First Nations. [126]
Only two governors, William A. Egan and Bill Walker, were born in Alaska. Two people, Egan and Wally Hickel , have been elected to multiple non-consecutive terms as governor. Hickel is also noted for a rare third party win in American politics, having been elected to a term in 1990 representing the Alaskan Independence Party .
The following is a list of heads of the federal subjects of the Russian Federation. The Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, along with the Donetsk People's Republic, Kherson Oblast, the Lugansk People's Republic and Zaporozhye Oblast were annexed by Russia between 2014 and 2022 and, according to its constitution, are Federal subjects ...
From 2005 to 2012, governors were appointed by the legislative (representative) bodies of subjects of the Russian Federation by the recommendation of the President of Russia. On June 1, 2012, an Act came into force, which returns the direct election of senior officials in the regions. In 2015, governors were restricted to a term of five years ...
Feb. 25—Alaska's congressional delegation responded to Russia's attack on Ukraine with calls for the U.S. to come together with its allies to oppose Russian President Vladimir Putin, as ...
The vice president was the first in the Russian presidential line of succession, becoming the new president of Russia upon the death, resignation, or removal of the president. Additionally, the vice president executed individual assignments on a commission of the president and acted for the president in his absence or in case when it would be ...
The sketch mocked Palin's performance during the Gibson interviews. Palin's comments on Alaska's proximity to Russia gave rise to the satirical line "And I can see Russia from my house." It also drew attention to Palin's apparent lack of knowledge about foreign policy: Amy Poehler as Hillary Clinton: I disagree with the Bush doctrine.