Vladimir Putin Biography

Russia suspends participation in the INF Treaty after the United States announces withdrawal.

Meets Recep Tayyip Erdogan to agree arrangements for northern Syria.

Announces measures including a paid non-working period during the COVID-19 outbreak.

Announces Russia has registered the Sputnik V vaccine.

Brokers a ceasefire ending major fighting in the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.

Recognizes the Donetsk and Luhansk separatist republics before the full invasion.

Signs treaties with separatist authorities before the invasion.

Orders the full-scale invasion of Ukraine from Russia, Belarus and Crimea.

Announces a special military operation as Russian forces begin the full-scale invasion of Ukraine

Orders Russian nuclear deterrence forces to a heightened alert posture

Defends the invasion during Russia's Victory Day speech.

Russia claims control of Lysychansk in Luhansk Oblast.

Announces partial mobilization after Russian battlefield setbacks.

Announces a partial mobilization of Russian reservists

Claims annexation of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions.

Declares the annexation of Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions

Explosion damages the bridge linking Russia and occupied Crimea.

Blames Ukraine for the Kerch bridge explosion and launches mass strikes against Ukrainian cities

Announces Russia will suspend participation in the New START nuclear arms treaty

Announces suspension of Russian participation in New START while stating that Russia will continue observing the treaty's central numerical limits.

Becomes subject to an International Criminal Court arrest warrant

Announces plans to station tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus.

Uses Victory Day speech to justify Russia's war aims.

Denounces the Wagner mutiny as a stab in the back

Withdraws Russia from the Black Sea Grain Initiative

Russia withdraws from the Black Sea grain deal.

Claims reelection during wartime conditions.

Russian forces launch a new offensive toward Kharkiv Oblast

Sets conditions for peace that Ukraine rejects.

Visits North Korea and signs a strategic partnership with Kim Jong Un

Orders Russian forces to respond to Ukraine's Kursk incursion.

Promises to drive Ukrainian forces out of Kursk Oblast

Western officials report North Korean troops supporting Russia.

Announces Russia used a new Oreshnik missile against Ukraine

Says Russia is open to talks with the new U.S. administration.

Russian forces press a counteroffensive to recapture territory in Kursk

Says any temporary ceasefire must address Russia's conditions.

Declares a three-day ceasefire to mark the eightieth anniversary of victory in World War II

Russia continues missile and drone attacks against Ukrainian cities.

Says the war is almost over, a view Ukraine disputes

Faces major Ukrainian drone strikes against Moscow energy infrastructure