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Putin: The autocrat eyeing a new world order
Ever since the previously little-known KGB agent became president on New Year's Eve 1999, he has consolidated power by bringing oligarchs to heel, banning any real opposition and turning Russia into an authoritarian state.
President Vladimir Putin (7L) holding a meeting with the Russian government members in Moscow on May 6, 2024. (AFP/Sputnik)
By: NewVision Reporter, Journalist @NewVision
WARSAW - Russian President Vladimir Putin, who has shut down domestic dissent and ramped up confrontation with the West over nearly a quarter century in power, officially begins