Vladimir Putin
President of Russia
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| March 11 2025 | Vladimir Putin reportedly seen grasping his chest while emergency services arrive almost instantly, sparking renewed speculations about his health and potential medical emergency. |
| March 2025 | Franklin Foer of The Atlantic declares the 21st century the 'Age of Vladimir Putin', describing his global impact on democracy. |
| 2024 | The investigative news portal Proekt estimated that Russian authorities had prosecuted over 116,000 activists in the previous six years, exceeding the level of political repression seen under Soviet leaders Nikita Khrushchev and Leonid Brezhnev. |
| 2024 | Putin won the Russian presidential election with 88% of the vote, which international observers considered neither free nor fair. The election was held in Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine, with reports of ballot stuffing and coercion. |
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During the Year-End Review, Putin expressed regret for not launching the 'Special Military Operation' earlier and with more preparation, specifically mentioning it should have been done at the time of the Crimea annexation.
Putin admit he started invasion on Ukraine too late | RBC-Ukraine
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Putin has 'regrets' since invading Ukraine, Belarus dictator reveals as he admits North Korean troops are a dangerous escalation and US warns they will be legitimate targets... which could lead to WW3 | Daily Mail Online
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| 2024 | Putin signed a new tax law introducing a progressive wealth tax: 13% for earners up to 2.4 million rubles annually, 22% for those earning over 50 million rubles, and a 5% increase on corporate taxes, moving away from the previous flat tax system. |
| 2024 | Patryk Vega's film 'Putin' was released. |
| November 2024 | Putin signed a legislative bill banning 'Childfree Propaganda', aimed at combating declining birthrates and promoting larger families in Russia. |
| September 25 2024 | Putin warned the West about potential nuclear retaliation if attacked with conventional weapons, diverging from the no first use doctrine. He threatened nuclear powers supporting attacks on Russia would be considered participants in such aggression. |
| August 2 2024 | Putin pardoned American journalist Evan Gershkovich, opposition figures Vladimir Kara-Murza, Ilya Yashin, and others in a significant prisoner swap with Western countries, involving the release of twenty-six people. |
| July 28 2024 | Putin threatens to deploy long-range missiles capable of hitting all of Europe in response to US plans to deploy long-range missiles in Germany from 2026. |
| June 18 2024 | Putin receives Order of Kim Il Sung from the President of the State Affairs Kim Jong Un of North Korea |
| June 14 2024 | Putin proposed conditions for ending hostilities in Ukraine, including Ukrainian troop withdrawal from four annexed regions and abandonment of NATO membership plans. |
| May 7 2024 | Putin was inaugurated as president of Russia for the fifth time. He replaced Sergei Shoigu with Andrey Belousov as defense minister, signaling a potential transformation of the Russian economy into a war economy. |
| March 2024 | Re-elected to another presidential term. |
| March 2024 | An early March 2024 VCIOM poll indicated that 56.2% of respondents would vote for Putin. |
| March 22 2024 | The Crocus City Hall terrorist attack occurred, resulting in at least 145 deaths and 551 injuries, marking the deadliest terrorist attack on Russian soil since the 2004 Beslan school siege. |
| March 7 2024 | US President Joe Biden, in his State of the Union Address, compared Russia under Vladimir Putin to Adolf Hitler's conquests of Europe. |
| February 28 2024 | Yulia Navalnaya appears before the European Parliament, receiving a standing ovation while speaking about continuing her husband's work and opposing Putin's regime. |
| February 16 2024 | Alexei Navalny dies in suspicious circumstances at age 47 while imprisoned in an Arctic Circle prison colony, sparking widespread international condemnation and protests across Russia. |
| February 8 2024 | Boris Nadezhdin is barred from running in the presidential election due to alleged 'irregularities' in voter signatures, with the election commission claiming he fell short of the 100,000 valid signatures required. |
| January 30 2024 | Kremlin propagandist Vladimir Solovyov warns Boris Nadezhdin about potential consequences of his presidential campaign, suggesting he might face criminal charges of betraying the Motherland. |
| 2023 | Putin delivers his 2023 Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly at Gostiny Dvor in Moscow, outlining national strategies and policies. |
| 2023 | Following the death of Silvio Berlusconi, Putin described him as an 'extraordinary man' and a 'true friend'. |
| December 23 2023 | Putin was reported to have been signaling through intermediaries since September 2022 that he is open to a ceasefire that freezes the fighting along current lines. |
| December 14 2023 | Putin held a press conference indicating Russia would only negotiate with Ukraine when achieving their objectives, stating 617,000 Russian soldiers were fighting in Ukraine. |
| November 2023 | Volodin warns Russians who left the country after the invasion and are now returning that they are not welcome, accusing them of 'treason against Russia'. |
| November 2023 | In November 2023, a public poll by VCIOM found that 37.3% of respondents indicated they would vote for Putin. |
| October 2023 | Putin's associate Vyacheslav Volodin suggests sending Russians who 'desire the victory of the Kyiv regime' to Magadan's mining regions, referencing Stalin-era Gulag camps. |
| October 26 2023 | Russian sources, including the Telegram channel 'General [of] SVR' and Solovei, claimed that Vladimir Putin died from cancer complications. They suggested a body double had been used to replace Putin in public activities and meetings in the preceding months. |
| August 23 2023 | Yevgeny Prigozhin was killed in a business jet crash in Tver Oblast, north of Moscow, along with nine other people. Western intelligence suggested the crash was likely caused by an explosion, with suspicions of Russian state involvement. |
| July 27 2023 | Putin hosted the 2023 Russia–Africa Summit in St. Petersburg, attended by delegations from more than 40 African countries. |
| July 17 2023 | Putin withdrew from a deal allowing Ukraine to export grain across the Black Sea, risking deepening the global food crisis. |
| June 2023 | A poll conducted by Levada during June 22-28, 2023, showed that 42% of respondents would vote for Putin in the upcoming 2024 presidential election. |
| June 23 2023 | Yevgeny Prigozhin's Wagner Group initiated a rebellion against the Russian government, occupying Rostov-on-Don and seizing the headquarters of the Southern Military District. Prigozhin accused the Ministry of Defence of mishandling the Ukraine invasion and threatened to march on Moscow to arrest Russian military leaders. |
| March 2023 | Chinese president Xi Jinping visited Russia and met with Putin, marking Putin's first international meeting since the ICC issued a warrant for his arrest. |
| March 2023 | International Criminal Court issues an arrest warrant for Putin for alleged war crimes related to child abductions during the Ukraine war. |
| March 25 2023 | Putin announced plans to station tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, asserting that Russia would maintain control over them. |
| February 21 2023 | In an address to the Russian parliament, Putin claimed the West was turning Ukraine into an 'anti-Russia' and that the war was about Russia's right to exist. |
| February 21 2023 | Putin announced the suspension of Russia's participation in the New START nuclear arms reduction treaty with the United States. |
| January 2023 | According to the Levada Center, approximately 15% of the Russian population actively disapproved of Vladimir Putin at the beginning of the year. |
| January 2023 | Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy publicly questioned Vladimir Putin's existence during a virtual address to the World Economic Forum, suggesting Putin might have been replaced by a body double. |
| January 2023 | Putin achieved a high public approval rating of approximately 85% according to the Levada Center, marking his highest public support in nearly 8 years. |
| January 8 2023 | Putin awarded Order of the Republika Srpska on necklace by President Milorad Dodik, the highest medal of honor for his 'patriotic concern and love' for the Serb-controlled half of Bosnia |
| 2022 | Putin speaks at a large rally at Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, demonstrating political support and national unity. |
| 2022 | Daniel Roher produced the documentary 'Navalny', chronicling the life and opposition work of Alexei Navalny against Putin's regime. |
| 2022 | White-blue-white flag became a symbol of opposition to the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the current Russian government, though not widely used by protesters inside Russia. |
| 2022 | The Combat Organization of Anarcho-Communists (BOAK) becomes recognized as the most active 'subversive' force within Russia since the start of the war, engaging in guerrilla warfare against the state. |
| 2022 | Pro-democratic and anti-authoritarian partisan groups emerge within Russia in response to the invasion of Ukraine, forming armed insurgent movements aimed at sabotaging the war effort and challenging Putin's regime. |
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