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COMMANDER // b. 1952

Vladimir Putin

reservistRussiaRussia7 battles5 wars

Lifespan

1952 – c. 2027

1960197019801990200020102020Second Chechen War · 1999-2009Georgian–Ossetian conflict · 1989Russo-Ukrainian War · 2014Syrian Civil War · 2011full-scale Russo-Ukrainian war · 2022Battle of Grozny — December 25, 1999 · Russia · Second Chechen WarRusso-Georgian War — August 8, 2008 · Russia · Georgian–Ossetian conflictRussian annexation of Crimea — January 1, 2014 · Russia · Russo-Ukrainian WarWar against the Islamic State — June 13, 2014 · CJTF–OIR · Syrian Civil Wareastern front of the Russian invasion of Ukraine — January 1, 2020 · Russia · full-scale Russo-Ukrainian warBattle of Starobilsk — February 25, 2022 · Russia · full-scale Russo-Ukrainian warfull-scale Russo-Ukrainian war — February 24, 2022 · Russia · Russo-Ukrainian War

Active service 1999–2022 — 7 battles across 5 wars; first command at age 47.

Profile

Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin is a Russian politician and former intelligence officer who has served as President of Russia since 2012, having previously served from 2000 to 2008. Putin also served as Prime Minister of Russia from 1999 to 2000 and again from 2008 to 2012. He has been described as the de facto leader of Russia since 1999.

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Battles (7)

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