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Vladimir Putin

President of Russian Federation

17 dated entries naming Vladimir Putin, drawn from 14 separate years between 1999 CE and 2025 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.

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20th century

  • 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

  • 2002May 24 – United States President George W. Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin sign the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty.source
  • 2004March 14 – Vladimir Putin is reelected president of Russia with 71.2 percent of the vote.source
  • 2004May 7 – Vladimir Putin is sworn in for a second term as Russia's president.source
  • 2012March 4 – Vladimir Putin is elected President of Russia.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
  • 2014March 21 – Russia formally annexes Crimea after President Vladimir Putin signs a bill formalizing the process.source
  • 2017September 1 – Russian President Vladimir Putin expels 755 diplomats in response to United States sanctions.source
  • 2018March 18 – In the Russian presidential election, Vladimir Putin is elected for a fourth term.source
  • 2019April 25 – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visits Russia to hold a series of summits with Russian leaders, including President Vladimir Putin.source
  • 2020August 11 – COVID-19 pandemic: Russian President Vladimir Putin announces that Russia has approved the world's first COVID-19 vaccine.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
  • 2022February 21 – February 24 – Russian President Vladimir Putin signs a decree declaring the Luhansk People's Republic and Donetsk People's Republic as independent from Ukraine, and, despite international condemnation and sanctions, launched the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine; at dawn on 24 February missiles strike Kyiv. Ukraine severs diplomatic relations with Russia, followed by the Federated States of Micronesia on 25 February.source
  • 2023March 17 – The International Criminal Court issues an arrest warrant for Russian president Vladimir Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova, Russian Commissioner for Children's Rights, marking the first arrest warrant against a leader of a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council.source
  • 2024March 15–17 – 2024 Russian presidential election: Incumbent Vladimir Putin is reelected for a fifth term.source
  • 2025February 18 – Vladimir Putin announces that Russia and the United States have officially agreed to restore diplomatic relations. A four-hour summit between the US and Russia is held in Saudi Arabia.source

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