as tensions continue to mount between
Russia and the West
questions continue to be raised about
the man in charge of the Kremlin welcome
to watchmojo.com it were counting down
ten crucial facts you should know about
the Vladimir Putin government number ten
who is Vladimir Putin Vladimir Putin
began his third non-consecutive term as
the president of Russia on may 7th 2012
he was born on October 7th 1952 in
Leningrad now st. Petersburg in the
former Soviet Union as the youngest of
three children both of his brothers died
before his birth and his lineage remains
a mystery due to a lack of existing
records after graduating from University
he spent some time in the KGB within the
st. Petersburg administration and the
presidential administration of Russia
under Boris Yeltsin in August 1999 he
was appointed prime minister but his
relative anonymity in the country had
few expecting this to be a lengthy
tenure however a mere four months later
Putin became Acting President of the
Russian Federation when Yeltsin abruptly
resigned beginning his first term at the
head of state at the turn of the century
while his second term ended in 2008 a
poll conducted by the Russian public
opinion foundation showed that Putin
enjoyed an 85 percent trust rating in
early 2015 with 74 percent of those
polled saying they would vote for him in
the next presidential election number
nine how does the Russian population
view Putin I’ve my sail
Oh
Putin’s many years of presidential reign
have led to a unique sense of adoration
from the majority of the Russian
population
this is evolved into the popular term
known as putinism which exemplifies all
the ideals concerns and strategies that
his government has undertaken since he
was put in power despite the name for
the system being typically used by
Western media in a derogatory fashion
Putin’s ideology has helped to sustain
his popularity within Russia examples of
this include a bronze bust of Putin in
st. Petersburg covered in the entire of
a Roman Emperor that commemorates the
Allied victory over Nazi Germany in
World War two number eight
who opposes Putin there are several
examples appearing to showcase a lack of
rule of law within Russia in the sense
that the government has ultimate control
regardless of civil liberties under
Putin’s time in office C anyway my
expert Mysterio Gargan asserts a revisit
not a macabre unitary stimuli are the
feds any weights adulov
this includes the arrest of Russian
billionaire Mikhail kodoroff ski for
fraud in October 2003 and his 9 year
prison sentence despite a lack of due
process following his release carter
offski fled to Switzerland and has since
referred to himself as a political
prisoner and a fierce Putin opponent
almost a dozen years later in February
2015
another of Putin’s fierce political
opponents and first Deputy Prime
Minister Boris Nemtsov was killed on the
Bolshoi Moskva wretzky bridge near the
Kremlin do you worry about what’s gonna
happen to you everybody who are against
him must be very careful I think that we
must replace him before his death
Nemtsov had publicly denounced Russia’s
involvement in the war in the Ukraine in
which more than 7,000 people have been
killed in the first year according to
nemtsov’s close friends he was preparing
to release a report on the deaths of
Russian soldiers in eastern Ukraine
since his death there have been several
arrests and many theories as to who is
responsible but the Russian state has
denied any responsibility
number 7 how does the world view his
government Putin’s government has been
harshly condemned with some stating that
it resembles a kleptocracy whereby those
in power work to increase the wealth of
officials and the elite to the detriment
of the rest of the population if the
situation develops further he will reach
a full totalitarian model
in reality every authoritarian system is
a cryptic recei meanwhile reports by
international human rights organizations
on the increase in human rights
violations including discrimination
racism and the murders of members of
ethnic minorities have contributed to
the deterioration of Russia’s image
especially in the Western world and it
continued to worsen in the mid 2010s
such violations expanded on previous
laws that have banned the propaganda of
homosexuality among kids and led to the
criminalization of public protests in
favour of gay rights further human
rights violations were exemplified the
2012 arrests of Russian feminist punk
group Pussy Riot who was charged with
hooliganism and held in custody after
members made of protest performance
against the Russian Orthodox churches
support for Pugh there’s too much hatred
in this country we’d like to help it
become more humane but I’m afraid it’s
impossible with shootin empower
outsiders harshly criticized the
two-year prison sentence they were given
furthermore Putin’s government has been
accused of restricting freedom of the
press on multiple occasions with more
than 47 journalists having been murdered
since 1992 number 6 what happened to
Putin the Enigma surrounding Putin’s
life has been deliberately cultivated
and he is rarely absent from the public
eye so when he disappeared for 10 days
in March 2015 the worldwide media was
abuzz while millions speculated about
what happened to Vladimir Putin Oh what
about this one yes Putin is rising a
weasel which is riding a bird at the end
of ten days Putin reappeared and scoffed
at the outlandish rumors that had arisen
but being synonymous with the Russian
government and as the leader of the
former USSR his absence naturally
prompted rumors of chaos within the
Kremlin however it is unlikely that the
world will ever know the reason for his
absence as the Kremlin is reluctant to
report on Putin’s personal life or
whereabouts a notable exception to
Putin’s constant presence in the public
eye was during the Kursk submarine
disaster in August 2000 following the
accidental explosion and sinking of the
Russian submarine in the Barents Sea
Putin remained on vacation and did not
visit the site for several days this
action was considered particularly
heartless considering all 118 crew
members and officers had
perished in the explosion number five is
the Putin government strong in a
shocking turn of events
President Putin fired two senior
officials on March 23rd 2015
amid rumours that there was turmoil
within the headquarters of the famously
secretive Russian government otherwise
known as the Kremlin these two officials
were the head of the president’s
domestic policy department and the head
of the international cooperation
department while family reasons were
cited for the former no reason were
given for the latter the timing of these
dismissals is especially surprising
considering they occurred only a month
after the death of Boris Nemtsov and
about a week after Putin’s ten-day
disappearance which has fueled rumors
that there is growing tension within the
government’s elite number four how is
Russia involved in the Ukrainian crisis
with an armed conflict beginning into
Ukraine’s Donbass region in April 2014
in which thousands were killed Ukraine
the Russian Federation the Donetsk
People’s Republic and the Lugansk
People’s Republic signed the Minsk
protocol on September 5th of the same
year in an attempt to end the fighting
so in a desperate attempt to end the war
between Ukrainian forces and the
russian-backed soldiers a second treaty
titled Minsk 2 was signed on February 12
2015 while the fighting continued in the
city of Kiev Ukraine Russia demanded
that the countries involved in the talks
such as France and Germany do more to
ensure that the terms reached in the
second deal be upheld number 3 what is
the current state of the Russian economy
as the fighting within the Ukraine
continued Russia suffered from extensive
Western sanctions meant to force the
country into returning Crimea to the
Ukraine I think we should be very clear
that Vladimir Putin needs to know that
unless his behavior changes the
sanctions we have in place won’t be
altered
these sanctions have affected Russian
companies as they now have limited
access to low interests offered by
European banks furthermore an
unanticipated decline in oil prices had
analysts at Barclays Capital claiming
that Russia one of the largest exporters
of oil would be headed into a deep
recession however this was in direct
contrast to a report by Bloomberg which
painted a much more favorable version of
Russia’s economy showing a rebound in
Russian business and a steadying of the
nation’s currency the ruble number – why
is Russia hosting conserve
leaders on March 22nd 2015 Russia’s
far-right pro-kremlin Rodina party
hosted a meeting for Europe’s extremist
far-right organizations and political
factions called the International
Russian conservative forum the event
held over 150 far-right representatives
in attendance from across Europe
including Nick Griffin the overthrown
leader of the British national party
while organizers alleged that the forum
was held to encourage traditional values
and bring together Russian and European
groups with similar ideas critics viewed
it as hypocritical especially
considering that the Kremlin views the
Ukrainian government as neo-fascist
these kind of events are allowed and on
the territory of the city of Leningrad
that suffered more than any other place
in all of Russia and fascists and Nazis
although not officially sanctioned by
the Russian government
there was no interference by the police
during the event which by contrast has
been a common occurrence in previously
scheduled conferences with a leftist
slant or anti Kremlin agenda number one
will Putin’s stay in power despite
disappearing for a reported 10 days
putin has since emerged stronger than
ever in early 2015 that being said there
has been an increase in rumors that all
is not well within the Kremlin that the
economy of Russia is poised for a
recession and that the continued
fighting within the Ukraine is leading
to a frozen conflict between Russia and
the USA if Putin were to leave office
there are several close high-ranking
senior officials with similar views who
could replace him and carry forth his
political ideologies which would thereby
sustain the Russian political system as
it stands in the mid 2010 s do these
facts surprise you to vote on which news
story should be covered next
head over to watchmojo.com slash suggest
and be sure to hit that subscribe button
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Russia and the West
questions continue to be raised about
the man in charge of the Kremlin welcome
to watchmojo.com it were counting down
ten crucial facts you should know about
the Vladimir Putin government number ten
who is Vladimir Putin Vladimir Putin
began his third non-consecutive term as
the president of Russia on may 7th 2012
he was born on October 7th 1952 in
Leningrad now st. Petersburg in the
former Soviet Union as the youngest of
three children both of his brothers died
before his birth and his lineage remains
a mystery due to a lack of existing
records after graduating from University
he spent some time in the KGB within the
st. Petersburg administration and the
presidential administration of Russia
under Boris Yeltsin in August 1999 he
was appointed prime minister but his
relative anonymity in the country had
few expecting this to be a lengthy
tenure however a mere four months later
Putin became Acting President of the
Russian Federation when Yeltsin abruptly
resigned beginning his first term at the
head of state at the turn of the century
while his second term ended in 2008 a
poll conducted by the Russian public
opinion foundation showed that Putin
enjoyed an 85 percent trust rating in
early 2015 with 74 percent of those
polled saying they would vote for him in
the next presidential election number
nine how does the Russian population
view Putin I’ve my sail
Oh
Putin’s many years of presidential reign
have led to a unique sense of adoration
from the majority of the Russian
population
this is evolved into the popular term
known as putinism which exemplifies all
the ideals concerns and strategies that
his government has undertaken since he
was put in power despite the name for
the system being typically used by
Western media in a derogatory fashion
Putin’s ideology has helped to sustain
his popularity within Russia examples of
this include a bronze bust of Putin in
st. Petersburg covered in the entire of
a Roman Emperor that commemorates the
Allied victory over Nazi Germany in
World War two number eight
who opposes Putin there are several
examples appearing to showcase a lack of
rule of law within Russia in the sense
that the government has ultimate control
regardless of civil liberties under
Putin’s time in office C anyway my
expert Mysterio Gargan asserts a revisit
not a macabre unitary stimuli are the
feds any weights adulov
this includes the arrest of Russian
billionaire Mikhail kodoroff ski for
fraud in October 2003 and his 9 year
prison sentence despite a lack of due
process following his release carter
offski fled to Switzerland and has since
referred to himself as a political
prisoner and a fierce Putin opponent
almost a dozen years later in February
2015
another of Putin’s fierce political
opponents and first Deputy Prime
Minister Boris Nemtsov was killed on the
Bolshoi Moskva wretzky bridge near the
Kremlin do you worry about what’s gonna
happen to you everybody who are against
him must be very careful I think that we
must replace him before his death
Nemtsov had publicly denounced Russia’s
involvement in the war in the Ukraine in
which more than 7,000 people have been
killed in the first year according to
nemtsov’s close friends he was preparing
to release a report on the deaths of
Russian soldiers in eastern Ukraine
since his death there have been several
arrests and many theories as to who is
responsible but the Russian state has
denied any responsibility
number 7 how does the world view his
government Putin’s government has been
harshly condemned with some stating that
it resembles a kleptocracy whereby those
in power work to increase the wealth of
officials and the elite to the detriment
of the rest of the population if the
situation develops further he will reach
a full totalitarian model
in reality every authoritarian system is
a cryptic recei meanwhile reports by
international human rights organizations
on the increase in human rights
violations including discrimination
racism and the murders of members of
ethnic minorities have contributed to
the deterioration of Russia’s image
especially in the Western world and it
continued to worsen in the mid 2010s
such violations expanded on previous
laws that have banned the propaganda of
homosexuality among kids and led to the
criminalization of public protests in
favour of gay rights further human
rights violations were exemplified the
2012 arrests of Russian feminist punk
group Pussy Riot who was charged with
hooliganism and held in custody after
members made of protest performance
against the Russian Orthodox churches
support for Pugh there’s too much hatred
in this country we’d like to help it
become more humane but I’m afraid it’s
impossible with shootin empower
outsiders harshly criticized the
two-year prison sentence they were given
furthermore Putin’s government has been
accused of restricting freedom of the
press on multiple occasions with more
than 47 journalists having been murdered
since 1992 number 6 what happened to
Putin the Enigma surrounding Putin’s
life has been deliberately cultivated
and he is rarely absent from the public
eye so when he disappeared for 10 days
in March 2015 the worldwide media was
abuzz while millions speculated about
what happened to Vladimir Putin Oh what
about this one yes Putin is rising a
weasel which is riding a bird at the end
of ten days Putin reappeared and scoffed
at the outlandish rumors that had arisen
but being synonymous with the Russian
government and as the leader of the
former USSR his absence naturally
prompted rumors of chaos within the
Kremlin however it is unlikely that the
world will ever know the reason for his
absence as the Kremlin is reluctant to
report on Putin’s personal life or
whereabouts a notable exception to
Putin’s constant presence in the public
eye was during the Kursk submarine
disaster in August 2000 following the
accidental explosion and sinking of the
Russian submarine in the Barents Sea
Putin remained on vacation and did not
visit the site for several days this
action was considered particularly
heartless considering all 118 crew
members and officers had
perished in the explosion number five is
the Putin government strong in a
shocking turn of events
President Putin fired two senior
officials on March 23rd 2015
amid rumours that there was turmoil
within the headquarters of the famously
secretive Russian government otherwise
known as the Kremlin these two officials
were the head of the president’s
domestic policy department and the head
of the international cooperation
department while family reasons were
cited for the former no reason were
given for the latter the timing of these
dismissals is especially surprising
considering they occurred only a month
after the death of Boris Nemtsov and
about a week after Putin’s ten-day
disappearance which has fueled rumors
that there is growing tension within the
government’s elite number four how is
Russia involved in the Ukrainian crisis
with an armed conflict beginning into
Ukraine’s Donbass region in April 2014
in which thousands were killed Ukraine
the Russian Federation the Donetsk
People’s Republic and the Lugansk
People’s Republic signed the Minsk
protocol on September 5th of the same
year in an attempt to end the fighting
so in a desperate attempt to end the war
between Ukrainian forces and the
russian-backed soldiers a second treaty
titled Minsk 2 was signed on February 12
2015 while the fighting continued in the
city of Kiev Ukraine Russia demanded
that the countries involved in the talks
such as France and Germany do more to
ensure that the terms reached in the
second deal be upheld number 3 what is
the current state of the Russian economy
as the fighting within the Ukraine
continued Russia suffered from extensive
Western sanctions meant to force the
country into returning Crimea to the
Ukraine I think we should be very clear
that Vladimir Putin needs to know that
unless his behavior changes the
sanctions we have in place won’t be
altered
these sanctions have affected Russian
companies as they now have limited
access to low interests offered by
European banks furthermore an
unanticipated decline in oil prices had
analysts at Barclays Capital claiming
that Russia one of the largest exporters
of oil would be headed into a deep
recession however this was in direct
contrast to a report by Bloomberg which
painted a much more favorable version of
Russia’s economy showing a rebound in
Russian business and a steadying of the
nation’s currency the ruble number – why
is Russia hosting conserve
leaders on March 22nd 2015 Russia’s
far-right pro-kremlin Rodina party
hosted a meeting for Europe’s extremist
far-right organizations and political
factions called the International
Russian conservative forum the event
held over 150 far-right representatives
in attendance from across Europe
including Nick Griffin the overthrown
leader of the British national party
while organizers alleged that the forum
was held to encourage traditional values
and bring together Russian and European
groups with similar ideas critics viewed
it as hypocritical especially
considering that the Kremlin views the
Ukrainian government as neo-fascist
these kind of events are allowed and on
the territory of the city of Leningrad
that suffered more than any other place
in all of Russia and fascists and Nazis
although not officially sanctioned by
the Russian government
there was no interference by the police
during the event which by contrast has
been a common occurrence in previously
scheduled conferences with a leftist
slant or anti Kremlin agenda number one
will Putin’s stay in power despite
disappearing for a reported 10 days
putin has since emerged stronger than
ever in early 2015 that being said there
has been an increase in rumors that all
is not well within the Kremlin that the
economy of Russia is poised for a
recession and that the continued
fighting within the Ukraine is leading
to a frozen conflict between Russia and
the USA if Putin were to leave office
there are several close high-ranking
senior officials with similar views who
could replace him and carry forth his
political ideologies which would thereby
sustain the Russian political system as
it stands in the mid 2010 s do these
facts surprise you to vote on which news
story should be covered next
head over to watchmojo.com slash suggest
and be sure to hit that subscribe button
for more newsworthy top 10s
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