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Undated: Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin
(born 7 October 1952) is a Russian politician and former intelligence officer
serving as
President of Russia since 2012, previously holding the position from 2000
until 2008.[a][3][4][5]
In between his presidential terms he was also the
Prime Minister of Russia under his close associate
Dmitry Medvedev.
Putin was born in
Leningrad during the
Soviet
Union. He studied law at
Leningrad State University, graduating in 1975.[6]
Putin was a KGB
foreign intelligence officer for 16 years, rising to the rank of
Lieutenant Colonel before resigning in 1991 to enter politics in Saint
Petersburg. He moved to Moscow in 1996 and joined President
Boris Yeltsin's administration, rising quickly through the ranks and
becoming
Acting President on 31 December 1999, when Yeltsin resigned.
During his first presidency, the
Russian economy grew for eight straight years, and GDP measured in
purchasing power increased by 72%.[7][8]
The growth was a result of the
2000s commodities boom, recovery from the
post-Communist depression,
financial crises, prudent economic and fiscal policies.[9][10]
In September 2011, Putin announced he would seek a third term as president. He
won the
March 2012 presidential election with 64% of the vote.[11]
Falling oil prices coupled with
international sanctions imposed at the beginning of 2014 after
Russia's annexation of Crimea and
military intervention in Eastern Ukraine led to GDP shrinking by 3.7% in
2015, though the Russian economy rebounded in 2016 with 0.3% GDP growth and is
officially out of the recession.[12][13][14][15]
Putin gained 76% of the
March 2018 presidential vote and was re-elected for a six-year term that
will end in 2024.[16]
Under Putin's leadership, Russia has scored poorly in
Transparency International's
Corruption Perceptions Index and experienced
democratic backsliding according to both the
Economist Intelligence Unit's
Democracy Index and
Freedom House's
Freedom in the World index (including a record low 20/100 rating in the
2017 Freedom in the World report, a rating not given since the time of the
Soviet
Union). Experts do not generally consider Russia to be a democracy, citing
the lack of free and fair elections, purges and jailing of opponents, and
curtailed press freedom.[17][18][19][20][21]
Human rights organizations and activists have accused Putin of persecuting
political critics and activists, as well as ordering them tortured or
assassinated; he has rejected accusations of human rights abuses.[22]
Officials of the United States government have accused him of leading
an interference program against
Hillary Clinton in support of
Donald
Trump during the
U.S. presidential election in 2016, an allegation which both Trump and Putin
have frequently denied and criticized.[23][24][25]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Putin
-- 2016 --
July 4: Vladimir Putin has a plan for
destroying the West—and that plan looks a lot like Donald Trump. Over the past
decade, Russia has
boosted right-wing populists across Europe. It loaned money to Marine Le Pen
in France,
well-documented transfusions of cash to keep her presidential campaign
alive. Such largesse also wended its way to the former Italian premier Silvio
Berlusconi, who profited
“personally and handsomely” from Russian energy deals, as an American
ambassador to Rome once put it. (Berlusconi also shared a
240-year-old bottle of Crimean wine with Putin and apparently makes ample
use of
a bed gifted to him by the Russian president.)
There’s a
clear pattern ....
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/cover_story/2016/07/vladimir_putin_has_a_plan_for_destroying_the_west_and_it_looks_a_lot_like.html
-- 2017 --
March: 80 times Trump
talked about Putin
https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2017/03/politics/trump-putin-russia-timeline/
-- 2018 --
July 17: The 21 most disturbing lines from
Donald Trump's press conference with Vladimir Putin
https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/16/politics/21-lines-donald-trump-vladimir-putin-summit/index.html
November 30: Questions about Vladimir Putin
relationship follow Donald Trump to G-20 summit
A day after
Trump abruptly canceled a meeting with Putin at the G-20 summit, the two
presidents danced around each other on the carefully choreographed global stage,
eager to project distance at a meeting designed to bring the world’s leaders
together.
“We have heard the official explanation and taken note of it," Russian Foreign
Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told reporters. “But is it true? I think
the true reason is rooted in the domestic political situation in the United
States, which is crucial for decision-making.”
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/11/30/donald-trump-vladimir-putin-aide-questions-why-meeting-canceled/2160008002/
December 19: Russian trolls’ sinister
interference in Trump’s favour exposed
The ... methods used by Russians to interfere in Donald Trump’s favour have been
uncovered, and the nefarious activity isn’t over.
https://www.news.com.au/finance/work/leaders/russian-trolls-vast-interference-in-trumps-favour-exposed/news-story/f32db6a4ab2146512f33796d3b19f705
December 20:
Putin Welcomes U.S. Withdrawal From Syria as ‘Correct’
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/20/world/europe/putin-trump-syria.html
-- 2019 --
January 13: President Trump went to
'extraordinary lengths' to hide details of Putin meetings, report says
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/01/13/trump-putin-meetings-interpreter-notes/2565471002/
January 17: Details of Trump, Putin powwow
likely no secret to snooping U.S. intelligence agencies
Democrats warned against issuing subpoena to president's translator
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jan/17/trump-vladimir-putin-private-talk-likely-known-int/
January 18: Donald Trump’s gushing praise of
Vladimir Putin under fresh scrutiny after Michael Cohen allegations
'Russia is like, I mean, they’re really hot stuff'
Donald Trump's ties to
Russia are again under the spotlight after reports emerged alleging he directed
his estranged ex-lawyer Michael Cohen to lie to Congress about his
company’s plans to build a new Trump Tower in Moscow.
According to law enforcement sources who spoke to
Buzzfeed News, the president instructed his one-time confidant to say
negotiations over the proposed construction project had been curtailed much
earlier in 2016 than they actually were.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-cohen-putin-russia-investigation-mueller-congress-fbi-a8734231.html
January 18:
The True Mystery Man in the Trump Probe: Putin
Even if Trump is impeached, U.S. investigators are unlikely to find the
Russian president’s fingerprints.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/01/18/the-true-mystery-man-in-the-trump-probe-putin/
January 19: What Putin likely wants from
Trump
Donald Trump has discussed pulling the United States from NATO, according to a
New York Times report, even as experts agree that undermining NATO is one of
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s overriding geopolitical goals.
https://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/what-putin-likely-wants-from-trump-1428939843880
January 20: Who is interpreter Marina Gross
and will her notes of Trump's Putin meeting be useful?
Marina Gross, a State Department interpreter, was the only
other American in the room during
President Donald Trump's one-on-one meeting with Russian President Putin in
Helsinki last summer.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/interpreter-marina-gross-notes-trumps-putin-meeting/story?id=60374126
January 22: U.S. Banker With Putin Ties
Reportedly Tapped Mark Burnett To Access Donald Trump Transition Team
https://deadline.com/2019/01/mark-burnett-vladimir-putin-donald-trump-banker-transition-abc-news-1202539349/
January 27: The Trump administration has
lifted sanctions on three firms linked to Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska, an
ally of President Vladimir Putin.
Curbs on aluminium giant US Rusal, En+ Group and JSC EuroSibEnergo were lifted
after Mr Deripaska ceded control.
The oligarch has been linked to the probe into alleged Russian interference in
US elections, and Democrats wanted the sanctions to continue.
But the Treasury Department said curbs on oligarch himself remained in force.
The companies were blacklisted last April when the Trump administration targeted
people and businesses it said had profited from a Russian state engaged in
"malign activities" around the world.
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-47023004
January 29: These are Mitch McConnell’s
nefarious links to Putin, Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska and Russian companies
There always seems to be more to the story when it comes to Trump and Russia,
and this time it involves Senate Leader Mitch McConnell.
Monday evening brought a new twist in that one of Mitch McConnell’s major
donors, Len Blavatnik, who is tied to Vladimir Putin and all kinds of Russian
oligarchs, benefited when Trump and McConnell lifted Russian sanctions on
Sunday.
https://www.alternet.org/2019/01/these-are-mitch-mcconnells-nefarious-linked-to-putin-russian-oligarch-oleg-deripaska-and-russian-companies/
February 1: Trump administration withdraws
from nuclear weapons treaty, accuses Russia of violations
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2019/02/01/trump-administration-withdraws-u-s-russia-nuclear-weapons-treaty/2737306002/
February 2: Putin threatens to build new
missiles after Trump pulls US out of Cold War-era nuclear weapons treaty
'We suspend the deal as well,' says Russian president in televised response
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/putin-russia-us-cold-war-trump-nuclear-weapons-missiles-treaty-arms-race-military-a8759616.html
-- 2020 --
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