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Kremlin.ru is the official website of the President of the Russian Federation. It was launched in January 2000. Website content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.
The website publishes all content issued by the Presidential Press Service in Russian and English, including transcripts of President's speeches (e.g., Valdai speech of Vladimir Putin).
The kremlin.ru website of was launched in January 2000, and was radically reworked during 2001–2002, which resulted in a second version being released on 20 June 2002, [1] followed by an English version a year later. On 19 January 2004, a children's version was released, called President of Russia – for citizens of school age." [2]
Version 3 was released on 20 June 2004, [3] only three months after the 2004 Russian presidential election. [4]
Version 4 was released on 31 August 2009, [5] [6] with an English version added on 3 June 2010.
The current version 5 was released on 8 April 2015.[ citation needed ]
On 11 May 2010, the site became one of the first three sites in the domain .рф. [7] [8]
On 20 July 2012, the site was target of a DDoS attack,[ citation needed ] and in 2013, the site was blocked in Turkmenistan. [9] [10]
On 24 February 2022, the site was intermittently unavailable [11] due to a DDoS attack as a reaction to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. [12]
RIA Novosti, sometimes referred to as RIAN (РИАН) or RIA (РИА), is a Russian state-owned domestic news agency. On 9 December 2013 by a decree of Vladimir Putin it was liquidated and its assets and workforce were transferred to the newly created Rossiya Segodnya agency. On 8 April 2014, RIA Novosti was registered as part of the new agency.
Russian Television and Radio Broadcasting Network (RTRN) (Russian: Российская телевизионная и радиовещательная сеть) is a unitary enterprise created on August 13, 2001, by decree of the president of the Russian Federation. The company is included in the list of Russian strategic enterprises.
The Ashgabat Flagpole is a flagpole in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. It is 133 metres tall, making it the 4th tallest free–standing and 5th tallest flagpole in the world. It was erected on 29 June 2008. It was the tallest free–standing flagpole in the world until being surpassed by the 162 m (531 ft) National Flagpole in Azerbaijan on 1 September 2010. The Vice-president of the Guinness Book of World Records at the time, Greig Glenday, came to Ashgabat as a witness, and handed over a certificate of the record.
Andrei Vladimirovich Skoch is a Russian billionaire businessman, part owner of the steelmaker Lebedinsky Mining. According to the U.S. Forbes Magazine, Skoch is among the richest Russians and was listed in The World's Billionaires in 2012. Skoch is a member of the State Duma of the Russian Federation since 1999.
Presidential elections were held in Russia on 18 March 2018. Incumbent president Vladimir Putin was eligible to run. He declared his intent to do so on 6 December 2017, being widely expected to win. This came following several months of speculation throughout the second half of 2017 as, although he was widely expected to run for another term, Putin made evasive comments including that he had still not decided whether he would like to "step down" from the post of president, that he would "think about running", and that he "hadn't yet decided whether to run for another term". Different sources predicted that he would run as an independent to capitalize more support from the population, and although he could also have been nominated by the United Russia party as in 2012, Putin chose to run as an independent. Among registered voters in Russia, 67.5% voted in this election.
Anna Yuryevna Kuznetsova is a Russian politician serving as Member and Deputy Chair of the State Duma since 2021. Previously, she was Children's Rights Commissioner for the President of the Russian Federation between 2016 and 2021.
Eleonora Valentinovna Mitrofanova is a Russian diplomat. She currently serves as the Ambassador of Russia to Bulgaria, having held the post since 15 January 2021. She is the first woman to hold the post of First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Nadezhda Georgievna Babkina is а Soviet and Russian folk and pop singer. In 1992 she was named a People's Artist of the RSFSR. A minor planet, 10684 Babkina, was named in her honor. Since 2014 she has been a deputy of the Moscow City Duma.
Sergey Ivanovich Menyaylo is a Russian military figure and statesman. He has been Head of the Republic of North Ossetia since 9 April 2021.
This article contains the list of candidates associated with the 2018 Russian presidential election.
Dmitry Medvedev's Second Cabinet was the composition of the Russian government from 18 May 2018 to 15 January 2020 under the leadership of Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev.
The 2019 Bashkir head election was held on 8 September 2019 in the autonomous republic of Bashkortostan. The result was a victory for Radiy Khabirov who won 82.02% of the vote.
Sergey Alimovich Melikov, is a Russian statesman and military leader, who has served as the 5th Head of the Republic of Dagestan since 14 October 2021.
Aleksandr Anatolyevich Matovnikov, is a Russian statesman and military leader, who is a Lieutenant General as of 2018, and currently the Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Ground Forces of the Russian Federation since 22 January 2020. He was awarded the title Hero of the Russian Federation in 2017.
Aleksey Leonidovich Teksler, is a Russian statesman and politician who is currently the 5th Governor of Chelyabinsk Oblast since 20 September 2019. He is also the secretary of the Chelyabinsk regional branch of the United Russia party since 2 October 2020.
Igor Mikhaylovich Rudenya, is a Russian statesman who is currently the 5th governor of Tver Oblast since 23 September 2016. He has the federal state civilian service rank of 1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation.
Andrey Aleksandrovich Podavalov, is a Russian politician who had been the acting Plenipotentiary Representative in the State Duma in 2009.
Sergey Konstantinovich Sitnikov, is a Russian politician and statesman. He has been the 4th Governor of Kostroma Oblast since 28 April 2012.
Vladimir Petrovich Pechyony, is a Ukrainian-born Russian statesman, who had served as the 4th governor of Magadan Oblast from 2013 to 2018.
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