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President of Russia

head of state of the RSFSR (office established in 1991) and Russia

18 dated entries naming President of Russia, drawn from 14 separate years between 1931 CE and 2023 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

Also written as President of the Russian Federation, Russian president in the source articles; Wikipedia redirects those to the same subject, so their entries are on this page.

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20th century

  • 1931February 1 – Boris Yeltsin, 1st President of Russia (died 2007)source
  • 19311 February – Boris Yeltsin, first President of Russia (died 2007)source
  • 1952October 7 – Vladimir Putin, President of Russiasource
  • 1965September 14 – Dmitry Medvedev, former President of Russiasource
  • 1996July 3 – Boris Yeltsin is re-elected as President of Russia after the second round of elections.source
  • 1999December 31 – Boris Yeltsin resigns as President of Russia, leaving Prime Minister Vladimir Putin as the acting president until a new election can be held.source
  • 2000March 26 – 2000 Russian presidential election: Vladimir Putin is elected President of Russia.source

21st century

  • 200324 December – The Treaty Between the Russian Federation and Ukraine on Cooperation in the Use of the Sea of Azov and the Kerch Strait is signed by Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma and Russian President Vladimir Putin.source
  • 2007April 23 – Boris Yeltsin, 76, Russian politician, first President of the Russian Federation (1991–1999), heart failure.source
  • 2007June 7: President of the United States George W. Bush and President of Russia Vladimir Putin meet to discuss missile defense. Putin, in a minor reversal of recent rhetoric regarding Bush's European missile shield plans, suggests placing a radar installation in Azerbaijan.source
  • 2010January 19 – North Caucasian Federal District was split from Southern Federal District by decree of Russian president Dmitry Medvedev.source
  • 2012March 4 – Vladimir Putin is elected President of Russia.source
  • 2014March 21 – Russia formally annexes Crimea after President Vladimir Putin signs a bill formalizing the process.source
  • 201425 March – The governor of Gagauzia Mihail Formuzal and the president of the People's Assembly of Gagauzia, Dmitri Constantinov visit Russia with the purpose to meet with Russian president Vladimir Putin and Russian prime minister Dmitry Medvedev to sign a twinning agreement and trade agreement.source
  • 2014April 28 – United States President Barack Obama's new economic sanctions against Russia go into effect, targeting companies and individuals close to Russian President Vladimir Putin.source
  • 2017September 1 – Russian President Vladimir Putin expels 755 diplomats in response to United States sanctions.source
  • 2020June 3 – Russian President Vladimir Putin declares a state of emergency after 20,000 tons of oil leaked into the Ambarnaya River near the Siberian city of Norilsk within the Arctic Circle on May 26, 2020. The World Wildlife Fund said the accident is believed to be the second-largest in modern Russian history.source
  • 202325 March: Russian President Vladimir Putin announces that Russia will station tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus by July. The nuclear missiles will be operated by Russian forces. It will be the first time that Russian nuclear weapons have been deployed abroad since 1996.source

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