Russia timeline 1999=> 2013

By sspencer15

  • Boris Yeltsin promotes Putin to prime Minister after he dismisses his current one

  • Yeltsin unexpectedly resigns and Putin becomes acting president to take his place

  • Putin announces a new security doctrine over nuclear war

    He says that Russia may use Nuclear weapons first in time of war

  • Putin elected the head of the 10 nation commonwealth

  • Russian presidential election won by Putin

  • The Kursk explosion

    Very influential military accident which lead to Putin controlling much of the media in Russia

  • Putin makes claim that Russia should bring back the soviet national anthem and the Czarist flag

  • Putin Signs friendship treaty with China

  • All television stations are under direct control of the government

  • Putin announces a large nuclear war demostration in February

  • Has speech saying that the Fall of the Soviet Union was a national tragedy

  • Putin elected for a second term

  • The Beslan Massacre

  • Proposed not having elections for the governers of the 89 regions.

    Instead Putin would appoint who he wanted to have maintain a political role.

  • Protest throughout Russia over Putins policy giving himsel the abilty to appoint governers.

  • Andrei Illarinov retires

    He says that Putin is turning Russia into a dictatorship, primariy with the state takevers of key industries

  • Putin cuts supply of natural gas to Ukraine

    This shows Putin's ability to use his natural resources as way of manipulating other countries.

  • Putin makes announcement of arms increase

    Putin wants to increase his military power in order to keep up with United States

  • Putin makes threat

    When the United states build the Nuclear defense shield, Putin threatens to aim his missles at Europe if the Nuclear defense shield moves ahead

  • Gorbachev speaks of his concern about Putin

    He thinks that Putin will bring Russia back to the old ways of the Soviet Union

  • Dmitry Medvedev wins elections in Russia.

    Putin is made the prime minister directly after Dmitry takes presidency.

  • The Counter Terrorism operation in Chechnya officialy ends

  • Putin is re-elected president for a fourth term