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Putin’s presidency

Vladimir Putin became prime minister in 1999 and president in 2000, consolidating power through a series of crises, including the Chechen wars and the 1999 bombings. The author describes his rule as a period of escalating repression, corruption, and the erosion of democratic norms, which ultimately drove her to leave Moscow.

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