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.
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She was 21. (Image via Twitter) GUARDIAN: LGBTQ rights activist Elya Shchemur was killed when Russia bombed the city center Thursday.
She died at the local territorial defense office, where she was a volunteer. TIMES U.K.: I've read a lot about how ordinary Russians should not be punished via business boycotts because it's so dangerous for them to protest. (Meanwhile, how does a U.S.
citizen avoiding Subway, for example, different from the U.S. as a country imposing so-far-very-effective economic sanctions?) But then you see a story like this, and you realize that ordinary Russians have to step up.