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In August 1999, Yeltsin dismissed his prime minister, Sergey Stapashin, along with his cabinet, and promoted Putin in his place.In December 1999, Boris Yeltsin resigned as president of Russia and appointed Putin acting president until official elections were held, and in March 2000, Putin was elected to his first term with 53 percent of the vote. Putin's birth was preceded by the deaths of two brothers, Viktor and Albert, born in the mid-1930s. He previously served as Russia's prime minister.© 2020 Biography and the Biography logo are registered trademarks of A&E Television Networks, LLC. The drill came during a period of escalating tensions in the region, with Russian neighbor North Korea also drawing attention for its missile tests and threats to engage the U.S. in destructive conflict.In December 2017, Putin announced he was ordering Russian forces to begin withdrawing from Syria, saying the country's two-year campaign to destroy ISIS was complete, though he left open the possibility of returning if terrorist violence resumed in the area. However, when the United States' "war on terror" shifted focus to the ousting of Iraqi leader In 2004, Putin was re-elected to the presidency, and in April of the following year made a historic visit to Israel for talks with Prime Minister Ariel Sharon — marking the first visit to Israel by any Kremlin leader.Due to constitutional term limits, Putin was prevented from running for the presidency in 2008. He also rejected the idea that he had compromising information about Trump, saying that the businessman "was of no interest for us" before announcing his presidential campaign, and notably refused to touch a copy of the indictments offered to him by Wallace.In March 2018, toward the end of his third term, Putin boasted of new weaponry that would render NATO defenses "completely worthless," including a low-flying nuclear-capable cruise missile with "unlimited" range and another one capable of traveling at hypersonic speed. However, the adoption ban spurred international controversy, reportedly leaving nearly 50 Russian children — who were in the final phases of adoption with U.S. citizens at the time that Putin signed the law — in legal limbo.Putin further strained relations with the United States the following year when he granted asylum to Around this time, Putin also upset many people with his new anti-gay laws.

"Shortly after the conclusion of the 2014 Winter Olympics, amidst widespread political unrest in Ukraine, which resulted in the ousting of President Viktor Yanukovych, Putin sent Russian troops into Crimea, a peninsula in the country's northeast coast of the Black Sea. The peninsula had been part of Russia until Nikita Khrushchev, former Premier of the Soviet Union, gave it to Ukraine in 1954. / i; * 7. Several Israeli officials and diplomats voiced disbelief, as the Japanese are known not to wear shoes at home or often even at work.The first female prime minister of Britain, Margaret Thatcher was a controversial figurehead of conservative ideology during her time in office.Vladimir Putin served as president of Russia from 2000 to 2008 and was re-elected to the presidency in 2012. In late October 2017, Putin was personally involved in another alarming form of aerial warfare when he oversaw a late-night military drill that resulted in the launch of four ballistic missiles across the country. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace for his leadership role in ending the Cold War and promoting peaceful international relations.Former Delaware Senator Joe Biden was elected the 47th U.S. vice president with President Barack Obama in 2008 and re-elected in 2012. The legislation led to widespread international protest.In September 2013, tensions rose between the United States and Syria over Syria's possession of chemical weapons, with the U.S. threatening military action if the weapons were not relinquished.