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Archive - 25 Years of Putin's Primacy 

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December 31, 2024 marks 25 years since Vladimir Putin became leader of Russia.
Having first served in the USSR and then Russian Federation as an intelligence officer, Putin served as President from 1999 to 2008, then retained control of the country while assuming the office of Prime Minister from 2008 to 2012, when he was again reelected President. Through successive changes in term-limits, Putin has retained the Presidency ever since and with his reelection in 2024, and changes to the constitution that he had influenced in 2021, he could potentially retain his office until 2036.
As of December,... 

Nanna Heitmann 2024

RUSSIA. Moscow. 20 March 2024. In the St. Andrew's Hall of the... 
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Nanna Heitmann 2024

RUSSIA. Moscow. 20 March 2024. In the St. Andrew's Hall of the... 
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Nanna Heitmann 2024

RUSSIA. Moscow. 20 March 2024. 
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Nanna Heitmann 2024

RUSSIA. Moscow. 07 May 2024.

Russia's Vladimir Putin enters... 

Nanna Heitmann 2024

RUSSIA. Moscow. 09 May 2024.

Putin at the Military parade on... 

Nanna Heitmann 2024

RUSSIA. Moscow. 29 March 2024.

A man from the so called „National... 

Thomas Dworzak 2017

RUSSIA, Moscow, 2017/07. VdnKH. All Russian exhibition. History... 

Larry Towell 2018

UKRAINE. Mariupol. 2018. Pedestal with Lenin statue removed.... 

Nanna Heitmann 2021

Russia.Teriberka.April 2021.
The head of Teriberka, Head of the... 

Nanna Heitmann 2021

Russia.Moscow.May 2021.
Red square parade and celebration of... 

Nanna Heitmann 2021

Russia.Moscow.May 2021.
Putin at the Military Parade at Victory... 

Nanna Heitmann 2021

RUSSIA. Moscow. 20 November 2021. TV - screenshots. 

Nanna Heitmann 2021

RUSSIA. Moscow. 20 November 2021. TV - screenshots. 

Stuart Franklin 2022

GREAT BRITAIN. England. London. 26 February 2022. Demonstrations... 

Stuart Franklin 2022

GREAT BRITAIN. England. London. 25 February 2022. Demonstrations... 

Thomas Dworzak 2022

FRANCE. Paris. 05 March 2022. Demonstration against the Russian... 

Thomas Dworzak 2022

FRANCE. Paris. 10 March 2022. A studio at Muse´e Gre´vin. The... 

Thomas Dworzak 2024

GERMANY, Bavaria, Cham, 2024/1. Putin on TV. 

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UKRAINE. Melitopol. 14 July 2022. The city administration of... 
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Nanna Heitmann 2023

RUSSIA. Moscow. 22.02.2023

Putin giving a speech at a Concert... 
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Nanna Heitmann 2023

RUSSIA. Severodvinsk. 08.02.2023


Portrait of Olesya Krivtsova... 
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Nanna Heitmann 2023

RUSSIA. Ulan-Ude. 30 May 2023. The celebration of the centenary... 

Thomas Dworzak 2023

LITHUANIA, Vilnius, 2023/5. Lukiškiu kalejimas. Tour in former... 

Nanna Heitmann 2024

UKRAINE. Donbas. 27 January 2024. Akhmat North Chechen battalion... 

Nanna Heitmann 2024

RUSSIA. Belgorod. 14 March 2024. Head of the „Ministry of Emergency... 

Nanna Heitmann 2024

RUSSIA. Moscow. 18 March 2024. Vladimir Putin has addressed thousands... 
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Gueorgui Pinkhassov 2001

Moscow. The Russian journalist and General Director of the Russian... 

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FRANCE. Paris. 2003. Visit of Russian President Vladimir PUTIN.... 

Thomas Dworzak 2004

RUSSIA, Moscow, 4/2004. Life and Work of Vagit Yussupovich Alekperov,... 
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Gueorgui Pinkhassov 2007

RUSSIA. Moscow. 2007. Nashi (Ours) youth movement activists spreading... 

Carolyn Drake 2007

RUSSIA. Sochi. 2007. Nikolai Markovich, Director of the AIDS... 

Thomas Dworzak 2008

KOSOVO. 2008. 

Richard Kalvar 2009

Vladimir PUTIN, Prime Minister of the Russian Federation. 

Richard Kalvar 2009

Klaus SCHWAB thanking Vladimir PUTIN after his speech. Seated... 

Thomas Dworzak 2009

CHECHNYA. 2009.Grozny, celebrations May 1st, traditional chechen... 

Peter Marlow 2010

GB. England. Zandra Rhodes, CBE, RDI, (born 19 September 1940)... 

Thomas Dworzak 2011

RUSSIA, Moscow, December 2011. 

Thomas Dworzak 2011

RUSSIA, Moscow, December 2011. 

Thomas Dworzak 2012

RUSSIA, Moscow, March 2012. Russian Presidential Elections. GENERAL... 

Thomas Dworzak 2012

RUSSIA, Moscow, March 2012. Russian Presidential Elections. GENERAL... 

Thomas Dworzak 2012

RUSSIA, Moscow, March 2012. Russian Presidential Elections. GENERAL... 

Thomas Dworzak 2012

GEORGIA, Tbilisi, 7/2012. Museum of Occupation. Museum showing... 

Thomas Dworzak 2012

RUSSIA, Moscow, March 2012. Russian Presidential Elections. GENERAL... 

Thomas Dworzak 2012

RUSSIA, Moscow, March 2012. Russian Presidential Elections. GENERAL... 

Thomas Dworzak 2012

RUSSIA, Moscow, March 2012. Russian Presidential Elections. 

Mark Power 2012

Russia. Moscow. VDNKn. The All-Russian Exhibition Centre. Waxwork... 

Thomas Dworzak 2012

The 2014 winter Olympics will take place in Sochi on the Russian... 

Thomas Dworzak 2012

The 2014 winter Olympics will take place in Sochi on the Russian... 

Thomas Dworzak 2013

RUSSIA. Sochi. Adler. Vladimir PUTIN at an ice-skating event.... 

Thomas Dworzak 2013

RUSSIA. Sochi. Beach. 2013. 

Jerome Sessini 2015

UKRAINE. Kyiv. February 22, 2015.
A woman pose for a picture... 
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Thomas Dworzak 2016

RUSSIA. Moscow. 2016. Putin and Obama in kiosk window. 

Thomas Dworzak 2016

RUSSIA, Moscow, 2016/09. Airport. Sheremetovo. Putin regalia.... 

Susan Meiselas 2017

USA. Washington, DC. January 21st, 2017. Women's March. 

Abbas 2017

FRANCE. Chateau de Versailles. 29 May 2017. French President... 

Abbas 2017

FRANCE. Chateau de Versailles. 29 May 2017. French President... 

Thomas Dworzak 2017

UKRAINE, Kyiv, 2017/8. Putin WC paper. 

Thomas Dworzak 2017

UKRAINE, Russian annexed Crimea, 2017/7. Yalta. Wax museum. Putin.... 

Thomas Dworzak 2017

UKRAINE, Russian annexed Crimea, 2017/7. Balaklava. 
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