Vladimir Putin has transformed Russia during his nearly 25 years ... The relative media freedoms Russians enjoyed during the ...

But 20 years ago, Vladimir Putin was handed power on a Kremlin plate. The former officer of the KGB - the Soviet security service - was handpicked by President Boris Yeltsin and his inner circle ...

He quickly rose to power at the turn of the century, being appointed prime minister in August 1999 by then-President Boris Yeltsin ... Related: Vladimir Putin Could Remain in Power Until 2036 ...

Three months after his release from a Siberian prison, Russian opposition leader Vladimir Kara-Murza discussed the future of Russia at a Monday lecture. His remarks come shortly after the 35th ...

Trump has spoken to Russian President Vladimir V. Putin seven times since leaving office ... a supporter of Russian President ...

Boris Yeltsin, the first president of Russia ... Yeltsin named this FSS chief the prime minister of Russia. And that was Vladimir Putin, until then a political nobody. “He was so cool and ...

“I promise to pay a million dollars to any police officer who in complying with his constitutional duty, arrests Vladimir Putin on charges of 'war criminal' as defined in Russian law and ...

Vladimir Putin is the current president of Russia ... In 1999, then-president Boris Yeltsin dismissed his prime minister at the time, promoting former KGB officer Mr. Putin in his place.

Vladimir Putin is a Russian politician and the current ... Moscow where he was appointed as the Head of Management under Boris Yeltsin's presidential administration in 1998. He also took the ...