Vladimir Putin first gained power in the year 1999 when Russian President Boris Yeltsin named him Prime Minister. Putin was then elected President of Russia in the year 2000, only to be reelected again in 2004. By 2008, he stepped down and served as Prime Minister once again only to be reelected as President in 2012. In all of his years of rule, Vladimir Putin proved himself to be a successful leader of Russia due to his economic policies, effective military reforms, and treatment of his people.
Vladimir Putin has been a successful Russian leader because of his economic policies. After Putin took power, the economy grew an average of 7% per year, with the GDP going up 75%(Novosti). This means that Russia was able to overcome the affects of the economic crisis of the 1990s, proving that Putin was successful. “Russia has become an energy superpower under the rule of Putin. This is due to a policy in which the government controls a substantial part of the oil and gas sector” (Novosti). This shows that Putin was a successful leader because he helped the Russian economy to triumph enough to allow Russia to become a superpower. Russia has also been able to manage many oil revenues under the reign of Putin. He even established the Stabilization Fund in 2004 (Novosti). This proves that Putin was successful in his economic policies because profits from the fund helped to pay off the debt of the Soviet Union. Although it seems that Putin helped the Russian economy, the rate of inflation rose and is continuing to rise during his reign (Boesler). When the rate of inflation increases, more people begin to go hungry and even starve to death when they ant buy food. If Putin is allowing the food prices to go up, he should not be considered a su...
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Russian Social Democratic workers party. Lenin eventually returned home and started working against the tsarist regime. From the beginning of the regime, the Bolsheviks relied heavy on a strong secret police known as the Cheka (“Secret Police”). The secret police became quickly known for its brutality. Since the Bolshevik seizure of power in the October revolution, Lenin had been focus on keeping his...
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Russia, a vast country with a wealth of natural resources, a well, educated population, and diverse industrial base, continues to experience, formidable difficulties in moving from its old centrally planned economy to a modern market economy. President Yeltsin's government has made substantial strides in converting to a market economy since launching its economic reform program in January 1992 by freeing nearly all prices, slashing defense spending, eliminating the old centralized distribution system, completing an ambitious voucher privatization program, establishing private financial institutions, and decentralizing trade. Russia, however, has made little progress in a number of key areas that are needed to provide a solid foundation for the transition to a market economy.
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