Russia’s leader for 23 years, the current occupier of the Kremlin, Vladimir Putin, has always been a somewhat nebulous figure, whether due to his rapid rise to power or the discretion he dispenses with his personal life. After starting the confrontation against Ukraine on the 24th of February, however, he became the center of attention around the world. With that, speculations about traumas experienced in his childhood, attitudes taken in his years of power and also his current state of health try to explain his actions. But what is known about the life of the Russian president? Check out the timeline below:
1952 – Birth
Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin was born in Leningrad (present-day Saint Petersburg) on October 7th. Her father Vladimir Spiridonovitch Putin fought in World War II, while mother Maria Ivanovna Shelomova remained at home and nearly died of starvation during the siege of the city of Leningrad between September 1941 and January 1944. The couple is believed to have had others. two eldest sons, who died before Putin was born.
1963 – Sambo
A fan of Soviet spy films and dreaming of working in national defense agencies, Vladimir Putin begins to practice sambo, a martial art developed by the Soviet Union that combined judo, boxing and wrestling.
1968 – Faculty of Law
At the age of 13, he expressed his desire to join the KGB, the famous intelligence service of the Soviet Union, so he was advised to study law and continue to practice fighting.
1970 – Black belt
Putin starts studying law and earns a black belt in martial arts.
1975 – Entry into the KGB
Graduates in law at Leningrad State University and joins the KGB Foreign Intelligence Service.
1983 – Marriage
On July 28, Putin marries flight attendant Lyudmila Shkrebneva, an expert in foreign languages. Due to the secret service he performed, his private life was always very private.
1985 – First daughter
His eldest daughter is born, Maria Vorontsova. Using a false name, she would have had an ordinary childhood and youth. She studied Biology and Medicine, and currently works as a medical endocrinologist and researcher.
1986 – Youngest
Their youngest daughter, Ekaterina Putina, is born. Using the name of her grandmother, Katerina Tikhonov, the girl became a ballerina and graduated in Asian Studies.
1990 – Beginning of political career
After 15 years in the secret service, Putin retires from the KGB as a lieutenant colonel and goes on to serve as pro-rector of Leningrad State University and adviser to the city’s mayor.
1991 – Foreign Affairs
He becomes chairman of the foreign affairs committee of the St. Petersburg mayor’s office.
1994 – Deputy Mayor
Four years after leaving the KGB, Vladimir Putin is appointed deputy mayor of St. Petersburg.
1996 – Move to Moscow
He moves to Moscow and starts working in the team of the then President of Russia, Boris Yeltsin.
1998 – Director of FSB
He is appointed by the Russian president as director of the Federal Security Service (FSB), the successor agency of the KGB.
1999 – Prime Minister
IT’S appointed prime minister in August and sends Russian forces to an anti-terrorist operation in Chechnya, gaining popular support. On the 31st of December, Boris Yeltsin resigns unexpectedly to the presidency and makes Vladimir Putin the interim president until the elections.
2000 – Finally the presidency
In March, he is elected president with 53% of the vote and promises “a strong Russia”. In June, he signs a gun control agreement with US President Bill Clinton. In July, he meets with Chinese President Jiang Zemin to sign a joint declaration against US plans to build anti-missile shields in North America and Asia. In December, meets Fidel Castroin Cuba.
2001 – Media Control
The Russian government takes over the Russian television station NTV and shuts down other independent media outlets. In September, the country pledged to help the US counter-terrorism campaign after the 9/11 attacks.
2002 – Against the USA
Putin joins German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder and French President Jacques Chirac in opposing US plans to use force to overthrow Saddam Hussein’s government in Iraq.
2004 – Reelection
Vladimir Putin is reelected as President of Russia with more than 70% of the vote.
2008 – Again Prime Minister
As the constitution did not allow a president to remain for more than two terms, he chooses Dmitri Medvedev as his successor. Its candidate wins the election and appoints Putin as prime minister hours after taking office on May 7.
2012 – Return to the presidency
Putin is elected for the third time as president of Russia after a strong opposition movement. He appoints Medvedev as prime minister.
2013 – Divorce
Vladimir Putin divorces Lyudmila Shkrebneva after 30 years of marriage. In the same year, he commemorates the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the post-Soviet constitution and orders the release of around 25,000 individuals from Russian prisons.
2014 – Annexation of Crimea
Putin sends troops to Ukraine after Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych is overthrown and flees to Russia. Moscow annexes the Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea, but the international community does not recognize this annexation. Pro-Russian separatist movements emerge in eastern Ukraine and Putin is accused of supporting the rebels. He denies.
2015 – Entry into Syria
The Russian president meets with world leaders in Minsk to sign a peace deal that would end fighting in Ukraine. However, conflicts resume. That same year, a British inquiry links Putin to assassination of former FSB officer Alexandre Litvinenko, who demonstrated against the government and was poisoned. At the end of 2015, Russia enters the war in Syria in support of the forces of President Bashar al-Assad.
2016 – Hacker interference
US computer security experts link Russian intelligence services to the hacking attacks that hit US Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, as well as the leak of thousands of private emails published by the United States. WikiLeaks. US intelligence agencies conclude that Putin was involved, but President Donald Trump rejects those conclusions and vows to improve ties with Moscow.
2018 – Fourth term
British officials accuse Putin of ordering the attack on former Russian intelligence officer Sergei Skripal, convicted of espionage. He was found unconscious with his daughter in Salisbury, England, and was reportedly exposed to a neurotoxic substance developed by the Soviets. The case had repercussions two weeks before the elections, but it did not prevent Putin from winning his fourth term. According to the Golos agency, which monitors elections in Russia, the vote was fraught with irregularities.
2020 – Poisoning
In January, Putin announced his intention to change the Russian constitution to eliminate term limits for presidents. Its prime minister Medvedev resigns from office. Constitutional changes are approved and a national referendum is held to confirm the decision. In August, another Putin critic – Alexei Navalny – is poisoned with Novichok, but the Kremlin denies involvement. In the same year, the British press reported that Vladimir Putin reportedly performed surgery to treat cancer in the abdomen and that the Russian leader suffered from Parkinson’s disease. The Kremlin also denied the information and stated that the president is in good health.
2021 – Army Deployment
In September, members of his entourage are infected by Covid-19Putin holds a period of isolation and suffer a coughing fit during a meeting with authorities. It has not been confirmed whether he tested positive for the disease. At the end of the year, the Russian president orders displacement of your army to the Ukrainian border and sends additional units to Belarus, denying that he has plans to invade the country.
2022 – Invasion of Ukraine
On February 21, Putin recognizes the independence of the Ukrainian regions of Donetsk and Lugansk, nullifying the 2015 Minsk peace agreement. Three days later, on February 24, he begins a “special military operation” in Ukraine with bombings around it. from Kiev. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says the country will defend itself and, in the following days, Western leaders begin a package of strong economic sanctions against Russia. British newspapers suggest Putin is suffering from the arrogance syndrome triggered by the long period of isolation during the Covid-19 pandemic. According to experts, this condition would cause changes in the frontal lobe of the brain and reduce the ability to assess risks. US intelligence agencies have assessed the health of the Russian leaderbut nothing has been confirmed.
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