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When Vladimir Putin came to power.
Joseph Stalin was appart of a communist party before Putin. When Putin became president, things went down hill from there. -
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Putins Presidency.
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War of Chechnya
Chechen rebels seize a crowded Moscow theater and detain 763 people. Armed and wired with explosives, the rebels demand that the Russian government end the war in Chechnya. Government forces storm the theater after releasing a gas into the theater that kills not only all the rebels but more than 100 hostages.
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Ocurring Issues continue
President Vladimir Putin is reelected with 70% of the vote. In September, dozens of heavily armed guerrillas seize a school in Beslan, near Chechnya, and hold about 1,100 young schoolchildren, teachers, and parents hostage. Hundreds of hostages are killed, including about 156 children. http://www.infoplease.com/spot/russiatime4.html#ixzz3YtM5zkRP -
New arms deal
Russia and the United States sign a new arms deal in which both countries agree to cut back on their nuclear weapon stockpiles by 30%.
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Chechnya's Revenge
A suicide bomb attack at Domodedovo airport in Moscow kills at least 35 people and injures 100 more. Chechen military rebels, led by Doku Umarov, claim responsibility for the attack. http://www.infoplease.com/spot/russiatime4.html#ixzz3YoUZPkXV -
Reelection Day
Vladimir Putin wins a third term as president.
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Edward Snowden
Russia grants a temporary one year asylum to Edward Snowden, the former CIA employee who leaked information about the NSA surveillance program to the media. Snowden's asylum further erodes the relationship between Washington and Moscow and ratchets up tension between Obama and Putin. President Obama cancels a September summit meeting with Putin. http://www.infoplease.com/spot/russiatime4.html#ixzz3YtOE8MWT -
Atomic Energy.
The European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) has given the green light to a Russian-Hungarian contract for the supply of nuclear fuel to two new units of Hungary’s Paks nuclear power ... -
Washingtons feelings towards Russia.
Apr 26, 2015 74 Views
Why did Washington choose to pursue an aggressive foreign policy towards Moscow? Prominent American conservative thinker and author William Lind explains why the West is ganging up on Russia.
