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You can find this story in My Bookmarks.Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right.A successor to the Soviet Union, Russia is a controversial country. Its government is accused of interfering in the 2016 US presidential elections, and attempting to assassinate former double agent Sergei Skripal in Salisbury in 2018.
Vladimir Putin has been the President of Russia since 1999. He is currently on his fourth presidential term, which will last until 2024.