69 years (October 7, 1952)Vladimir Putin / Age
5′ 7″Vladimir Putin / Height
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.
In February and March 2014, Russia invaded and subsequently annexed the Crimean Peninsula from Ukraine. This event took place in the aftermath of the Revolution of Dignity and is part of the wider Russo-Ukrainian conflict.
6′ 2″Sergeĭ Viktorovich Lavrov / Height
Lyudmila Aleksandrovna OcheretnayaVladimir Putin / Spouse (m. 1983–2014)Lyudmila Aleksandrovna Ocheretnaya is the former wife of Vladimir Putin, who is the current president and former prime minister of Russia. Wikipedia
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5′ 7″Vladimir Putin / Height
The territory of modern Ukraine has been inhabited since 32,000 BC. During the Middle Ages, the area was a key centre of East Slavic culture under Kievan Rus', which was ultimately destroyed by the Mongol invasion in the 13th century.
Relations between the two countries have been hostile since the 2014 Ukrainian revolution, which was followed by Russia's annexation of Crimea from Ukraine, and due to Russia's backing for the separatist fighters of the Donetsk People's Republic and the Luhansk People's Republic in a war, conflicts that had killed more ...
UkrainianUkraine / Official languageUkrainian is an East Slavic language of the Indo-European language family. It is the native language of about 40 million people and the official state language of Ukraine. Written Ukrainian uses a variant of the Cyrillic script. Wikipedia