Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that he thought Vladimir Putin would die soon - but who would replace him at the end of his reign?

Four months later, Yeltsin named this FSS chief the prime minister of Russia. And that was Vladimir Putin, until then a political nobody. “He was so cool and collected, I was wary of him at ...

In what was largely a formality, Vladimir Putin was confirmed in office in the Russian presidential elections with 52.9% of ...

Putin’s larger goal is to dismantle NATO by creating division from within and increasing European dependence on Russian ...

Gideon Rachman Hello and welcome to The Rachman Review. I’m Gideon Rachman, chief foreign affairs commentator of the Financial Times. This week’s podcast is about Russia and Vladimir Putin. My guests ...

March 26, 2000, Vladimir Putin won the Russian presidential election, making him the official successor of Boris Yeltsin, who had ...

When Vladimir Putin launched his bid to be elected as Russia’s president in 2000, he had already been in the role for a month and a half. His predecessor Boris Yeltsin had stepped down on 31 ...

He is poised to continue this game of pretending to seek peace while waging war for months. Read more at straitstimes.com.

On March 26, 2000, former KGB officer Vladmir Putin won Russia’s presidential ... after the resignation of Boris Yeltsin. Gennady Zyuganov, leader of the Communist Party of Russia, came in ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin threatened to aim nuclear weapons ... Former Russian President Boris Yeltsin, who helped steer the final collapse of the Soviet Union and the creation of the ...