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'''Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin''' (born 7 October 1952) is a Russian politician and former intelligence officer who is serving as the current [[President of Russia]] since 2012, previously being in the office from 1999 until 2008. He was also [[Prime Minister of Russia|prime minister]] from 1999 to 2000 and again from 2008 to 2012. As of 2021, Putin is the second-longest serving European president, after [[Alexander Lukashenko]] of [[Belarus]].
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|name=Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin
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|birth_place=[[Leningrad]], [[Russian SFSR]], [[Soviet Union]] (now [[Saint Petersburg]], [[Russia]])
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'''Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin''' (born ) is a Russian politician and former intelligence officer who is serving as the current [[President of Russia]] since 2012, previously being in the office from 1999 until 2008. He was also [[Prime Minister of Russia|prime minister]] from 1999 to 2000 and again from 2008 to 2012. As of 2021, Putin is the second-longest serving European president, after [[Alexander Lukashenko]] of [[Belarus]].


Putin is demonized by the [[Western press]] for his economic policies which threaten the Western global monopoly on the oil markets, as well as his foreign policy which is aganist [[NATO]] in general. His regime has defended the sovereignty of states (such as Syria<ref>[https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bashar-assad-vladimir-putin-russia-donald-trump-syria-peace-initiatives/ Assad thanks Putin for Russia's efforts "to save our country"]</ref><ref>[https://www.newsweek.com/russian-president-says-his-generals-saved-he-hugs-bashar-al-assad-717973 Russian President Says His Generals Saved Syria as He Hugs Bashar al-Assad]</ref>, Venezuela<ref>[https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Russia-and-Venezuela-Cooperate-in-the-Defense-Sector-20210622-0019.html Russia and Venezuela Cooperate in the Defense Sector]</ref>) against Western [[regime change]] efforts.   
Putin is demonized by the [[Western press]] for his economic policies which threaten the Western global monopoly on the oil markets, as well as his foreign policy which is aganist [[NATO]] in general. His regime has defended the sovereignty of states (such as Syria<ref>[https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bashar-assad-vladimir-putin-russia-donald-trump-syria-peace-initiatives/ Assad thanks Putin for Russia's efforts "to save our country"]</ref><ref>[https://www.newsweek.com/russian-president-says-his-generals-saved-he-hugs-bashar-al-assad-717973 Russian President Says His Generals Saved Syria as He Hugs Bashar al-Assad]</ref>, Venezuela<ref>[https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Russia-and-Venezuela-Cooperate-in-the-Defense-Sector-20210622-0019.html Russia and Venezuela Cooperate in the Defense Sector]</ref>) against Western [[regime change]] efforts.   


During his first tenure as president, the [[Russian economy]] grew for eight straight years, with [[GDP]] measured by [[Purchasing power parity|purchasing power]] increasing by 72%, real incomes increased by a factor of 2.5, real wages more than tripled; unemployment and poverty more than halved and the Russians' self-assessed life satisfaction rose significantly.<ref name="challenges_p12">{{cite book|first1=Sergei|last1=Guriev|title=Russia After the Global Economic Crisis|last2=Tsyvinski|first2=Aleh|publisher=Peterson Institute for International Economics; Centre for Strategic and International Studies; New Economic School|year=2010|isbn=978-0-88132-497-6|editor=Anders Åslund|pages=12–13|chapter=Challenges Facing the Russian Economy after the Crisis<!-- |pages=9–39 -->|editor2=Sergei Guriev|editor3=Andrew C. Kuchins}}</ref> This contributes to Western demonization, since the West had profited from the 1990's "Shock Therapy" of mass privatizations, which Putin has reversed.   
During his first tenure as president, the [[Russian economy]] grew for eight straight years, with [[GDP]] measured by [[Purchasing power parity|purchasing power]] increasing by 72%, real incomes increased by a factor of 2.5, real wages more than tripled; unemployment and poverty more than halved and the Russians' self-assessed life satisfaction rose significantly.<ref name="challenges_p12">{{Citation|author=Sergei Guriev, Aleh Tsyvinski, Anders Åslund, Andrew C. Kuchins|title=Russia After the Global Economic Crisis|publisher=Peterson Institute for International Economics; Centre for Strategic and International Studies; New Economic School|year=2010|isbn=978-0-88132-497-6|pages=12–13|chapter=Challenges Facing the Russian Economy after the Crisis}}</ref> This contributes to Western demonization, since the West had profited from the 1990's "Shock Therapy" of mass privatizations, which Putin has reversed.   


In 2022, Putin gained a large amount of infamy among the Western Media for his [[2022 Russo-Ukrainian conflict|S''pecial Military Operation'']] in [[Ukraine]], with many of the reports about the ''Special Military Operation'' being exaggerated or even fabricated.   
In 2022, Putin gained a large amount of infamy among bourgeois media for the [[2022 Russo-Ukrainian conflict|Russo-Ukrainian conflict]], with many of the reports about the conflict being exaggerated or even fabricated.   


== References ==
== References ==

Revision as of 12:56, 27 November 2022

Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin
Born (1952-10-07) October 7, 1952 (age 71)
Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Saint Petersburg, Russia)
NationalityRussian
Political partyAll-Russia People's Front
Website
eng.putin.kremlin.ru


Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (born ) is a Russian politician and former intelligence officer who is serving as the current President of Russia since 2012, previously being in the office from 1999 until 2008. He was also prime minister from 1999 to 2000 and again from 2008 to 2012. As of 2021, Putin is the second-longest serving European president, after Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus.

Putin is demonized by the Western press for his economic policies which threaten the Western global monopoly on the oil markets, as well as his foreign policy which is aganist NATO in general. His regime has defended the sovereignty of states (such as Syria[1][2], Venezuela[3]) against Western regime change efforts.

During his first tenure as president, the Russian economy grew for eight straight years, with GDP measured by purchasing power increasing by 72%, real incomes increased by a factor of 2.5, real wages more than tripled; unemployment and poverty more than halved and the Russians' self-assessed life satisfaction rose significantly.[4] This contributes to Western demonization, since the West had profited from the 1990's "Shock Therapy" of mass privatizations, which Putin has reversed.

In 2022, Putin gained a large amount of infamy among bourgeois media for the Russo-Ukrainian conflict, with many of the reports about the conflict being exaggerated or even fabricated.

References

  1. Assad thanks Putin for Russia's efforts "to save our country"
  2. Russian President Says His Generals Saved Syria as He Hugs Bashar al-Assad
  3. Russia and Venezuela Cooperate in the Defense Sector
  4. Sergei Guriev, Aleh Tsyvinski, Anders Åslund, Andrew C. Kuchins (2010). Russia After the Global Economic Crisis: 'Challenges Facing the Russian Economy after the Crisis' (pp. 12–13). Peterson Institute for International Economics; Centre for Strategic and International Studies; New Economic School. ISBN 978-0-88132-497-6