It's extremely dangerous trying to resolve political problems outside the framework of the law — first the ‘Rose Revolution', then they'll think up something like blue.
2nd and 4th President of Russia (2000–2008, 2012–present), 7th and 11th Prime Minister of Russia (1999–2000, 2008–2012), Director of the Federal Security Service (1998–1999) and Deputy Mayor of Saint
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He has held power in Russia for over two decades through rotating titles and constitutional rewrites, transforming the country into what observers call an authoritarian dictatorship while launching wars in Chechnya, Georgia, Syria, and Ukraine.
Born in Leningrad in 1952, Putin spent 16 years as a KGB foreign intelligence officer before resigning in 1991 to enter politics in Saint Petersburg. He moved to Moscow in 1996 under Boris Yeltsin, briefly directing the FSB before being appointed prime minister in August 1999. When Yeltsin resigned, Putin became acting president and won election in March 2000, then again in 2004. Constitutional term limits pushed him to prime minister from 2008 to 2012 under Medvedev before he returned to the presidency in 2012 and was reelected in 2018. His third term saw the annexation of Crimea, military in…
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It's extremely dangerous trying to resolve political problems outside the framework of the law — first the ‘Rose Revolution', then they'll think up something like blue.
The democratic choice Russian people made in the early 90's is final.
Why don't you meet Osama bin Laden, invite him to Brussels or to the White House and engage in talks, ask him what he wants and give it to him so he leaves you in peace?
Two weeks later they still have not been found. The question is, where is Saddam Hussein? Where are those weapons of mass destruction, if they were ever in existence?
If you are determined to become a complete Islamic radical and are ready to undergo circumcision, then I invite you to Moscow. We are multi-confessional.
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