The President of the Russian Federation is the executive head of state of Russia. The president is the chair of the Federal State Council and the supreme commander-in-chief of the Russian Armed Forces. It is the highest office in Russia.
Voice of Russia, commonly abbreviated VOR, was the Russian government's international radio broadcasting service from 1993 until 2014, when it was reorganised as Radio Sputnik. Its interval signal was a chime version of 'Majestic' chorus from the Great Gate of Kiev portion of Pictures at an Exhibition by Mussorgsky.
Lyudmila Aleksandrovna Ocheretnaya is a Russian linguist who served as the First Lady of Russia from 2000 to 2008 and from 2012 to 2014 while married to her then-husband Vladimir Putin, the current president and former prime minister of Russia.
The government of Russia is the federal executive body of state power of the Russian Federation. The members of the government are the prime minister, the deputy prime ministers, and the federal ministers. It has its legal basis in the Constitution of the Russian Federation and the federal constitutional law "On the Government of the Russian Federation". The Apparatus of the Government of Russia is a governmental body which administrates the activities of the government.
Vladimir Aleksandrovich Ryzhkov is a Russian historian and liberal politician, a former co-chair of People's Freedom Party (2006–2014) and former Russian State Duma member (1993–2007), First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma and the leader of parliamentary group Our Home – Russia. He is a candidate of historical sciences, a professor of the Higher School of Economics, and an anchorman of a number of Echo of Moscow radio programs.
The Semibankirschina, or seven bankers, was a group of seven powerful Russian business oligarchs who played an important role in the political and economic spheres of the Russian Federation between 1996 and 2000. In spite of their internal conflicts, members of the group worked together in order to re-elect Boris Yeltsin in the 1996 Russian presidential election, and thereafter to successfully manipulate him and his political environment from behind the scenes.
Kyrgyzstan–Russia relations are the relations between the two countries, Kyrgyzstan and Russia. Russia has an embassy in Bishkek and a consulate in Osh, and Kyrgyzstan has an embassy in Moscow, a consulate in Ekaterinburg, and a vice-consulate in Novosibirsk.
Valentin Borisovich Yumashev is a Russian journalist, politician and businessman-developer, who is the son-in-law of former President Boris Yeltsin and a member of his inner circle. He has the federal state civilian service rank of 1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation.
The Teskey Alatoo, usually still known in English by its Russian name Terskey Alatau is a mountain range in the Tian Shan mountains in Kyrgyzstan. It stretches south and southeast of Lake Issyk-Kul, from the river Joon-Aryk near Kochkor in the west to the far northeastern part of Kyrgyzstan. The length of the range is 354 km and its width is 40 km. Its highest peak is Karakol Peak. Another high peak is Boris Yeltsin Peak.
Boris Yeltsin Peak is a mountain in the Terskey Ala-too range of the Tian Shan. It is located in the Issyk-Kul Region of Kyrgyzstan. It was renamed in 2002 after the first president of Russia, Boris Yeltsin. Its previous name was Oguz-Bashi.
Boris Yeltsin Presidential Library is one of the three national Libraries in Russia. Located in St. Petersburg, its focus is on electronic collections on all topics Russian, not just the life of its namesake. Established in May 2009 by then-president Vladimir Putin, it was named in honour of former president Boris Yeltsin. Unlike other Russian national libraries, which operate under the authority of Ministry of Culture, it is under the Directorate of the President of the Russian Federation.
The New Year Address by the President of Russia is a traditional speech given in Russia by the president to the citizens, and generally broadcast on Russian television.
Vladimir Putin Avenue, formerly Victory Avenue, is a prospekt in the center of Grozny. The length of the avenue is 1880 meters. The prospekt was named by the Chechen government in honor of the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, who had a boost in popularity in Russia when he ordered the start of the Second Chechen War.
The fourth inauguration of Vladimir Putin as the president of Russia took place on Monday, 7 May 2018, in the Hall of the Order of St. Andrew of the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow. The inauguration marked the commencement of the new six-year term of Vladimir Putin as President of Russia. The presidential oath of office was administered to Putin by President of the Constitutional Court of Russia Valery Zorkin. In addition, in the Presidium of the ceremony, according to tradition, was the leaders of the legislature: Chairwoman of the Federation Council Valentina Matvienko and Chairman of the State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin.
The 2012 presidential campaign of Vladimir Putin, second and fourth President of Russia, was announced on 24 September 2011, at the United Russia party convention for the legislative election.
The 2000 presidential campaign of Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister of Russia, was announced on 13 January 2000, during his trip to Saint Petersburg.
Vladimir Arkadyevich Petukhov was a Russian politician who served as mayor of Nefteyugansk from 1996 until his assassination in 1998. According to the investigative committee of the Russian Federation, he was killed by order of the first vice-president of the oil company Yukos, Leonid Nevzlin, due to conflict due over the failure of Yukos to pay taxes to the local budget. The Moscow City Court found that the organizer of the crime was the security officer of Yukos Alexey Pichugin.
Kyrgyz-Russian Slavic University named after Boris Yeltsin is a university which is jointly operated by the Kyrgyz government and the Government of Russia, located in city of Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan.
Sergey Alexandrovich Filatov was a Russian statesman, who was the chief of Russian presidential executive office from 1993 to 1996, during the Boris Yeltsin's first term.
Grandpa in his bunker, also translated as grandpa in a bunker, or bunker grandpa, is an insulting nickname for Russian president Vladimir Putin, which has become an Internet meme in Russia and Ukraine.
