Dmitry Medvedev
Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev is a Russian politician who has been serving as deputy chairman of the Security Council of Russia since 2020. Medvedev was also president of Russia between 2008 and 2012 and prime minister of Russia between 2012 and 2020.
Some of the key events about Dmitry Medvedev
- 1990Graduated with honors from Leningrad State University with a law degree
- 1999Appointed Deputy Chief of Staff to President Boris Yeltsin
- 2005Appointed First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia
- 2008Elected as the third President of the Russian Federation
- 2008Authorized military intervention in Georgia during the Russo-Georgian War
- 2009Launched a modernization program aimed at diversifying Russia's economy
- 2010Signed the New START treaty with U.S. President Barack Obama, reducing nuclear arsenals
- 2011Approved Russia's entry into the World Trade Organization
- 2011Signed law extending presidential terms from four to six years
- 2011Dismissed Moscow's mayor Yury Luzhkov, seen as a move to consolidate power
- 2012Extended the presidential term from four to six years
- 2012Became Prime Minister of Russia under President Vladimir Putin
- 2012Signed law requiring NGOs receiving foreign funding to register as "foreign agents"
- 2012Approved legislation increasing fines for participants in unauthorized protests
- 2013Signed law banning adoption of Russian children by U.S. citizens
- 2014Supported the annexation of Crimea from Ukraine
- 2018As Prime Minister, proposed raising the retirement age, sparking widespread protests
- 2019Signed law allowing authorities to label individuals as "foreign agents"
- 2020Appointed Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of Russia
- 2022Made threatening statements about using nuclear weapons in the context of the Ukraine conflict
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