Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (born 7 October 1952) is a Russian politician and former intelligence officer who has served as President of Russia since 2012, previously holding the position from 1999 until 2008. He was also the Prime Minister of Russia from 1999 to 2000 and again from 2008 to 2012.
After being detained for two weeks over accusations of violating President Vladimir Putin’s so-called ‘LGBT Propaganda‘ law, queer Chinese student Haoyang Xu has been freed from Russian prison.