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In 2017, Russian historian and political analyst Valery Solovei asserted Vladimir Putin was about to resign for health-related reasons. [1] Putin did not resign. [1] In 2020, Solovei and others variously claimed that Putin had cancer, Parkinson's disease or leprosy and would imminently resign, a claim which also did not transpire.
Putin, FIFA president Gianni Infantino and French president Emmanuel Macron at the 2018 FIFA World Cup Final in Russia as French forward Kylian Mbappé receives the best young player award In 2007, Putin led a successful effort on behalf of Sochi for the 2014 Winter Olympics and the 2014 Winter Paralympics , [ 460 ] the first Winter Olympic ...
The secretary of Russia’s Security Council, Patrushev has known Putin since they worked together in the KGB, and was a major strategist in both the 2014 and 2022 invasions of Ukraine.
First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia (2005–2008) Vladimir Putin: Vladimir Putin Владимир Путин Born 1952 (age 72) 7 May 2012 – Present (12 years, 217 days) 6 : Prime Minister of Russia (2008–2012) Viktor Zubkov: Dmitry Medvedev: 7 : Mikhail Mishustin: 8
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 ...
Prigozhin, 62, spearheaded a mutiny against Russia's top army brass on June 23-24, which President Vladimir Putin said could have tipped Russia into civil war. Others who have opposed Putin or his ...
Burned alive after falling asleep with a lit cigarette. [54] February Vladimir Makarov 72 Former police general in charge of cracking down on anti-war protesters. 13 February 2023 1 At his suburban home northwest of Moscow State-run TASS news agency reported him found dead, in an apparent suicide, following his dismissal by President Vladimir ...
A Russian journalist who accused Putin of creating a police state, Anna Politkovskaya was murdered in 2006 outside her apartment. When five men were convicted of her murder, the judge found it was ...