HISTORY
THE COLD WAR ERA
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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: -He moved to Moscow in 1996 to join the administration of president Boris Yeltsin. He briefly served as director of the Federal Security Service (FSB) and secretary of the Security Council of Russia, before being appointed prime minister in August 1999.
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: -When Putin returned to St. Petersburg, he took a job for a year and a half as assistant to the rector of the university, dealing with “international relations.” However, that was partly a cover story. He was still working for the KGB, recruiting or spying on students.
Detailed explanation-4: -During Putin’s first two terms as president, he signed into law a series of liberal economic reforms, such as the flat income tax of 13 percent, reduced profits-tax and new land and civil codes. Within this period, poverty in Russia reduced by more than half and real GDP has grown rapidly.
Detailed explanation-5: -Yeltsin’s dramatic announcement of his resignation from the Communist Party was a clear indication that he was demanding a multiparty political system in the Soviet Union. It was viewed as a slap in the face to Gorbachev and his policies.