THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
THE COLD WAR
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Served in the KGB, became Prime Minister, and took over as President when Boris Yeltsin resigned in 1999.
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Served in the KGB and was chosen by the Communist Party to lead the USSR after a coup.
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Was a leading Communist politician under Leonid Brezhnev and Mikhail Gorbachev, and ousted Gorbachev from power.
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He declared an end to the Cold War, created the policies of glasnost and perestroika, and as a result was the first Russian president ever elected.
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Detailed explanation-1: -On 9 August 1999, Putin was appointed one of three first deputy prime ministers, and later on that day, was appointed acting prime minister of the Government of the Russian Federation by President Yeltsin. Yeltsin also announced that he wanted to see Putin as his successor.
Detailed explanation-2: -A referendum held on 17 March 1991 approved the creation of the post of president of Russia; Yeltsin was elected Russia’s first president in a presidential election held on 12 June 1991.
Detailed explanation-3: -The president is elected directly through a popular vote to a six-year term. Previously, the Constitution established term limit for the presidency restricting the officeholder to serve no more than two terms.
Detailed explanation-4: -Vladimir Putin was inaugurated president on 7 May 2000. He appointed Minister of Finance Mikhail Kasyanov as his Prime minister.