Ma– Dmitry Medvedev is elected president of Russia. Septem– Meets South African President Thabo Mbeki during the first visit to sub-Sarahan Africa by a Russian leader.ĭecem– Named Time magazine’s Person of the Year. October 4-5, 2005 – Visits British Prime Minister Tony Blair and announces increased cooperation between Russia and Britain to fight terrorism. Ma– Is reelected after campaigning as an independent.Īp– Becomes the first Russian leader to visit Israel. – Putin and Bush sign the Moscow Treaty on Strategic Offensive Reductions, which requires each country to reduce its stockpiles of strategic nuclear warheads over the course of ten years. Bush tells reporters that during the two-hour meeting, he was able to get a sense of Putin’s soul.
Bush and the men hold a joint press conference. J– Putin meets with US President George W. He grants Yeltsin immunity from prosecution. He resigns from the KGB.ġ997 – Putin is named deputy chief administrator of the Kremlin under President Boris Yeltsin.ġ998 – Chief of the Federal Security Service (FSB).ġ999 – Secretary of the Russian Security Council.Īug– Yeltsin appoints Putin as prime minister.ĭecem– Yeltsin steps down amid scandal and Putin becomes acting president. After Sobchak wins the election, Putin is tapped to work in city hall as chairman of the committee for international relations. Reportedly monitors loyalty of students and shadows foreigners.ġ991 – Turns towards politics as he becomes an adviser to one of his law school mentors, Anatoly Sobchak, who is running for mayor of Leningrad. Reportedly monitors loyalty of Soviet diplomats.ġ990 – Becomes assistant rector (dean) for international affairs at Leningrad State University. Is on the staff of the First Chief Directorate for Foreign Intelligence for the KGB, and is assigned to shadow foreign visitors.ġ984 – Is selected to attend the Red Banner Institute of Intelligence, where he learns German and English.ġ985 – Is assigned to counterintelligence duties in Dresden, East Germany. Served in the KGB as an intelligence officer before becoming involved in politics.ġ975 – Joins the Committee for State Security (KGB).
Grew up in a communal apartment shared by three families.
Marriage: Lyudmila (Shkrebneva) Putin (July 28, 1983-2014, divorced)Įducation: Leningrad State University, law, 1975Įnjoys working out and has a black belt in judo. Petersburg), Russiaįather: Vladimir Putin, a factory foreman