Vladimir Putin: 20 years in 20 photos

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From global conflicts and domestic scandals to sporting triumphs and propaganda photos, we look at the images that define Mr Putin's two decades in power.Vladimir Putin was appointed prime minister in August 1999 before taking over from Boris Yeltsin as president on 31 December For years Russia was hit by militants attacks such as the 2004 Beslan school siege in which 330 people died, most of them children.AFP/GettyRussia's cabinet members observe a minute of silence in September 2004 after the Beslan school siege, in which militants killed more than 330 people

In his first decade in office, Vladimir Putin was on generally good terms with Western leaders despite his criticism of their foreign policy,Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi visited Russia in 2003 to discuss the situation in IraqAnd the Queen invited Mr Putin for a state visit in 2003 - the first by a Russian leader since 1874Image copyrightAngela Merkel, Tony Blair, Jacques Chirac, Vladimir Putin and George W Bush stand for a photo at the 2006 G8 summit in St...

Russia's seizure and annexation of Crimea from Ukraine prompted EU and US sanctions and brought a suspension of its membership of the G8.

And in 2018, the UK accused Russia of poisoning its former military intelligence officer Sergei Skripal in Salisbury.Relations with the UK's then Prime Minister, Theresa May, were clearly tense after the poisoning of Sergei Skripal

There’s no byline on this appalling piece of propaganda. Politkovskaya? Litvinenko? Nemtsov? 13,000 dead Ukrainians? Thousands of murdered Syrian civilians? I covered Russia for the BBC for 16 years. I know a bit about the country and about BBC standards. Unlike the author.

Where's Chechnya? Ukraine? All the dissidents killed? And Salisbury?

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💩 the only photo you need.

Get ready for another 20. Russian democracy? What democracy? I keep thinking I’ll wake up one morning to BBC reporting this:

Russia is a Kleptocracy, it is run by thug Putin, so please stop trying to polish a turd. I prefer this calendar of events to be honest.

Did BorisJohnson ask you to post this..?

The guy is threatening and controlling western democracy and you’re writing a nice little puff piece on him?

as opposed to the Kenyan who was the last US president and the unrepentant communist who was almost the new PM in the UK. 'Those who live in glass houses'...

Beware of the bear, Vladimir Putin is a very dangerous man.

BBC forget the best , Why ? mfa_russia RussianEmbassy

Don't normalise him! He is a thug and a bully, I don't want to see him lauded in any way!

Have you got any of him celebrating the UK election result?

The BBC's extremely weird obsession with Putin continues.

This dicator was enabled by the west. Bush, Blair et all have blood on their hands. Read Garry Kasperov's winter is coming book for a better explanation

Another kgb dictator

El modelo a seguir!!!!🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮

Hacked by RT?

Thanks for continuing to enable him. Shame on you.

Putin is so corrupt that he is going to burn in Satan's inferno.

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