Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (born October 7, 1952, Leningrad, USSR) – Russian statesman, political and military leader. The current President of the Russian Federation and Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation since May 7, 2012.
Previously he was president from May 7, 2000 to May 7, 2008, also in 1999-2000 and 2008-2012, he was Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Graduated from the Faculty of Law of Leningrad State University (LSU).
Since 1977 he worked in the investigation service of the KGB leadership of the USSR for Leningrad and the Leningrad region. From 1985 to 1990 he served in the residence of the Soviet foreign intelligence services in the GDR. Returning to Leningrad, he worked as an assistant to the rector of Leningrad State University, then as an advisor to the chairman of the Leningrad city council, Anatoly Sobchak.
After leaving the KGB on August 20, 1991 with the rank of lieutenant colonel, he continued to work as mayor of St. Petersburg. After Sobchak’s defeat in the 1996 gubernatorial elections, he moved to Moscow, where he was appointed deputy head of presidential affairs of the Russian Federation. After a short stay at the head of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation and as Secretary of the Security Council in August 1999, he headed the government.
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