From 2008 to 2012, Dmitry Medvedev was the President of Russia, while Vladimir Putin served as Prime Minister, a period known as the "tandem" where Putin remained the dominant figure in Russian politics, transitioning power temporarily due to constitutional term limits. Medvedev became President in 2008, appointed Putin as Prime Minister, and then Putin returned to the presidency in 2012.
Due to constitutional limitations on two consecutive presidential terms, Putin served as prime minister again from 2008 to 2012 under Dmitry Medvedev. He returned to the presidency in 2012, following an election marked by allegations of fraud and protests, and was reelected in 2018.
Barack Obama is the 44th President of the United States. His story is the American story -- values from the heartland, a middle-class upbringing in a strong family, hard work and education as the means of getting ahead, and the conviction that a life so blessed should be lived in service to others.
Presidential elections were held in Russia on 14 March 2004. Incumbent President Vladimir Putin was seeking a second full four-year term. It was a landslide victory for Putin, who was re-elected with 72% of the vote.
Russian takeover. On 27 February, unmarked Russian forces in cooperation with local nationalist paramilitaries took over the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol, with Russian special forces seizing the building of the Supreme Council of Crimea and the building of the Council of Ministers in Simferopol.
The story of the Romanovs is tragic and compelling, and it's been under-served by dramatists since the 1971 movie Nicholas and Alexandra. On the whole, the history in The Last Czars is accurate, although the (Russian state-owned) Russia Beyond website lists its “48 most glaring mistakes”.
Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev (2 March 1931 – 30 August 2022) was a Soviet and Russian politician who was the last leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 until the country's dissolution in 1991. He served as General Secretary of the Communist Party from 1985, and additionally as head of state from 1988.
Prince Philip made a solo visit to Russia in July 1995 as president of the World Wildlife Fund. In 2003, the Queen hosted Vladimir Putin's state visit to the United Kingdom and in 2014 they both met again during an event commemorating D-Day in France.
The COMPLETE list of Russian tsars, emperors and presidents
Ford was the only person to serve as president without being elected to either the presidency or the vice presidency. His presidency ended following his narrow defeat in the 1976 presidential election to Democrat Jimmy Carter, after a period of 895 days in office.
Pratibha Patil. Pratibha Devisingh Patil (born 19 December 1934), also known as Pratibha Patil Shekhawat, is an Indian politician and lawyer who served as the president of India from 2007 to 2012.
Medvedev was also President of Russia between 2008 and 2012 and Prime Minister of Russia between 2012 and 2020. Medvedev was elected president in the 2008 election.
Since the turn of the century, the political system of Russia has been dominated by Vladimir Putin, under whose leadership the country has experienced democratic backsliding and has been transformed into an authoritarian regime.
The most prominent Russian billionaire jailed by Vladimir Putin is Mikhail Khodorkovsky, once Russia's richest man, arrested in 2003, convicted on fraud charges, and imprisoned for a decade before being pardoned and exiled in 2013, remaining a vocal Putin critic. His jailing symbolized a crackdown on powerful oligarchs and state control over the economy, with many seeing it as a political move after he funded opposition and challenged Kremlin power.
Today we mark sixteen years since Russia invaded the sovereign nation of Georgia and remember those killed, injured, or displaced by Russia's military campaign and illegal occupation.
Peter Conradi, in GQ magazine, described this relationship as a "bromance". Between 2013 and 2015, Trump stated "I do have a relationship with" Putin, "I met him once", and "I spoke indirectly and directly with President Putin, who could not have been nicer." From 2016, during his election campaign, his stance changed.
One of history's most capable monarchs, Catherine the Great of Russia was born Princess Sophie Frederika Augusta of Anhalt-Zerbst, a small German principality, now in Poland.
Russian President Vladimir Putin primarily drives the Aurus Senat, a custom-built, heavily armored luxury limousine developed by Russia's NAMI institute as part of the Kortezh project. This formidable vehicle, often compared to a Russian Rolls-Royce, serves as his official presidential car, replacing a Mercedes-Benz S 600 Guard Pullman, and features extensive protection against bullets, blasts, and chemical attacks, functioning as a mobile fortress with advanced life-saving tech.
In early December, Yeltsin and the leaders of Ukraine and Belarus met in Brest to form the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), effectively declaring the demise of the Soviet Union.
It was also announced that Russian president Vladimir Putin would not attend Gorbachev's funeral, a move that attracted media attention. A statement from the Kremlin alleged this was due to his busy schedule.
Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev's signature red birthmark on his forehead has often been talked about. Gorbachev, who steered the Soviet breakup, died this morning (NZ time) aged 91. He is remembered for unleashing a series of major changes in the USSR, which later collapsed.
The old title tsar (or tsaritsa) continued to be popularly used to refer to the emperor (or empress) until the monarchy was abolished in 1917.
Russian subscribers no longer have access to streaming service Netflix as it became the latest Western company to halt business in the country following the invasion of Ukraine. The Netflix site and apps were no longer available as of May 27th and a Netflix spokesperson confirmed that subscribers no longer had access.
Nicholas II was an ill-prepared monarch. He knew little of foreign policy or politics and he took the stance that he would only do what his father would have approved of. He would safeguard the principles of autocracy, but he was not the strong leader that Russia needed to fulfil that.