Vladimir Putin: The Biography, University Press

-Résumé

As president, Putin’s goal was, and still is, to reinvent Russia the way he sees it. As a man who has held the presidency for two 4-year terms and one 6-year term, and the position of Prime Minister for two terms under former presidents Boris Yeltsin and Dmitry Medvedev, he will step down in 2018 and ostensibly resume his former position as Prime Minister of Russia.

That is, unless he decides to run for another six-year term, which would make him the longest-reigning president in Russian history, after Josef Stalin.
In the eyes of Vladimir Putin, Russia will be an independent nation which bows to no country, whether it is her shadow nation, the United States, the Mongol lords of China or the gathering storm of the Middle East.

Putin has successfully brought Russia out of the chaos created during the Boris Yeltsin years, but he continues to use bullying techniques that are reminiscent of the former KGB as a means to control the press and silence the critics who speak out against him or the Russian government.
Vladimir Putin is unpopular in the Western world and in many of the former Soviet satellite states, but he was named « Person of the Year » by Time Magazine, an endorsement that recognizes him as one of the most powerful people ever to shape the modern world. One thing is certain: Vladimir Putin is a leader with vision and, for better or worse, this is what defines him.

Putin is passionate about many things, but for him, the most important thing is the stability of Russia. He is not interested in freedom of speech, freedom of choice, or freedom of the press, but only in stability and order, things that Russia had not seen for decades after the collapse of the Soviet Union.

He has put Russia back into the realm of world powers and, although it may have appeared to be a fading star for quite some time, he alone is responsible for steering his nation away from the terrors brought by Josef Stalin and out of the chaos of Yeltsin’s depressed state.
How did this child of destiny become the dominant leader he is today? It started with humble beginnings in a nation ripe with history and with his own boyhood desire to become a spy, a yearning to be the best he could be, and to prove to himself, to the Russian people, and to the world that Russia was the greatest of nations.
-Table of Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1: Family and Childhood
Chapter 2: The School Years
Chapter 3: Searching for a Goal
Chapter 4: Marriage and Children
Chapter 5: From Prime Minister of Russia to Acting President
Chapter 6: Two-Term President: 2000-2008
Chapter 7: Third Term President: 2012 to 2018
Chapter 8: The United States and Foreign Relations
Chapter 9: Personal Interests and Leisure
Chapter 10: The Legacy of Vladimir Putin
Conclusion: Moving into the Future

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Date de parution :29 avril 2019

Poids de l’article : 122 g

N.de page : 63 pages

ISBN-10 : 1096242281

ISBN-13 : 978-1096242284

Dimensions : 12.7 x 0.41 x 20.32 cm

Éditeur : Independently published

Langue : Anglais