25 years of Putin: Person who knows him well on how Russian leader changed over years

Record ID: 1986126

  • Title: 25 years of Putin: Person who knows him well on how Russian leader changed over years
  • Date: 26th March 2025
  • Summary: MOSCOW, RUSSIA (MARCH 11, 2025) (REUTERS) (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) RUSSIAN VETERAN POLITICIAN, HEAD AND FOUNDER OF "YABLOKO" POLITICAL PARTY, GRIGORY YAVLINSKY, SAYING: "Bush was saying that Ukraine and Georgia must be in NATO, Putin objected it. Ukraine and Georgia being NATO members would mean Russia losing Black Sea. And so on, there were many cases like this. I must say,
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  • Keywords: ANNIVERSARY ELECTION PUTIN RUSSIA YAVLINSKY
  • Location: VARIOUS LOCATIONS
  • City: VARIOUS LOCATIONS
  • Country: Russia
  • Topics: Europe,Government/Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA009149025032025RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: March 26 marks twenty-five years since Vladimir Putin was first elected as Russian president. Putin was named acting president on Dec. 31, 1999, by then-president Boris Yeltsin.
    Putin has been in office as president or prime minister ever since, a period now spanning more than 25 years.
    Reuters interviewed veteran politician Grigory Yavlinsky, the leader of Russia's liberal Yabloko party who has known Putin since the 90s and ran against him for the presidency two times, coming up third in 2000.
    Yavlinksy speaks about Putin, his beliefs, his transformation over the years, about Ukraine and the current talks over a ceasefire and Putin’s negotiating style.
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