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You can find this story in My Bookmarks.Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right.Vladimir Putin is the President of Russia, and has effectively been in charge of Russian politics since 1999.
An ex-KGB agent, Putin's rule has seen assassinations, brutal crackdowns on civil liberties in Russia, interference with democracy in the West, and the annexation of Crimea.