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The office of the president of Russia is the highest authority in the Russian Federation.The holder is the federation's head of state and has formal presidency over the State Council as well as being the commander in chief of the Russian Armed Forces.
[f] [7] he is the longest-serving Russian president since the independence of Russia from the Soviet Union. Putin worked as a KGB foreign intelligence officer for 16 years, rising to the rank of lieutenant colonel. He resigned in 1991 to begin a political career in Saint Petersburg.
The president of Russia, officially the president of the Russian Federation (Russian: Президент Российской Федерации, romanized: Prezident Rossiyskoy Federatsii), is the executive head of state of Russia. The president is the chair of the Federal State Council and the supreme commander-in-chief of the Russian Armed ...
President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that the West would be directly fighting with Russia if it allowed Ukraine to strike Russian territory with Western-made long-range missiles, a move he ...
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.
Ukraine has launched new attacks in Russia’s southern Kursk region as US President Donald Trump pushes for ceasefire talks. The Institute for the Study of War, a US-based conflict monitor, said ...
Kyiv is looking forward to a visit this month by U.S. President Donald Trump's special envoy for Ukraine and Russia, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's chief of staff said on Friday. Andriy ...
On 25 December, the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic was renamed Russian Federation, with the names of the state and its highest executive office constitutionally amended in 1992. The office got its current status with the adoption of a new constitution in 1993, following an armed dispute between the president and the parliament.