Putin, Vladimir

Cultural  

1. The president of Russia since 2000. Putin served in the KGB, the secret police for the former Soviet Union, then entered politics after the collapse of communism. In 1999, Russian president Boris Yeltsin appointed Putin prime minister, his fifth in seventeen months. After Yeltsin resigned the presidency, Putin was elected president in 2000. Although he has opposed American president George W. Bush's plans for an antimissile defense system, he has cooperated with Bush in responding to the threat of terrorism, which Russia has faced in Chechnya.

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Example Sentences

After being given the floor, the US president said he had a "fantastic relationship with President Putin. Vladimir," switching to the Russian leader's first name.

From BBC

“I thought he and President Putin, Vladimir Putin, were very reasonable,” Trump said.

From Reuters

Mr. Putin, Vladimir Putin has alleged in his government — and did the day after, he did a little bit in Helsinki, in a paragraph — but then his government, the prosecutor general's office, spelled this out in detail at a press conference the following day.

From Salon

A confidant of Putin, Vladimir Yakunin, developed the sheep image into a theory of geopolitics.

From The Guardian

A military adviser to Mr Putin, Vladimir Kozhin, said the S-400 contract with Turkey was "strictly compatible with our strategic interests".

From BBC