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Russian presidential elections

Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev in Moscow in 1991. (AP Photo/Boris Yurchenko)
August 31, 2022, 6:19 pm
Gorbachev Pizza Hut commercial is a post-Soviet time capsule
In the 1997 ad, the last leader of the USSR eats at one of the chain’s outlets in Moscow and is spotted by other diners, who argue about his legacy
By AP
Vladimir Putin speaks with his hand on the Constitution during his inauguration ceremony as new Russian president in the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow, Russia, May 7, 2018. (Alexander Astafyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
May 7, 2018, 2:43 pm
Putin sworn in for fourth term as Russian president
Set to be country’s longest-serving leader since Stalin, Putin begins what constitution says should be final term having barred main opposition candidate from election
By Ola CICHOWLAS
Two men cast their ballots at a polling station in Yelizovo, about 30 kilometers ( 19 miles) north-east from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, capital of Kamchatka Peninsula region, Russian Far East, Russia, on Sunday, March. 18, 2018. (AP Photo/Alexander Petpov)
March 18, 2018, 9:47 am
Vladimir Putin certain to win 4th presidential term as Russia votes
Kremlin tries to legitimize ballot with all-out effort to boost turnout, though incumbent sure to win; state employees forced to vote, free concert tickets offered to young voters
By NATALIYA VASILYEVA and Angela Charlton
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during his visit to the United Russia political party's election campaign headquarters during parliamentary elections in Moscow on September 18, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / SPUTNIK / Alexei Druzhinin)
September 19, 2016, 9:52 am
Putin consolidates power with crushing win in parliament vote
Near-complete results show President’s United Russia taking at least 338 of 450 seats in legislature, with rest of Duma made up of Kremlin-backing factions
By Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber
Russian President Vladimir Putin (Photo credit: AP/RIA Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Presidential Press Service)
November 23, 2014, 5:20 pm
Putin says he will not be president for life
Russian leader says he may run for fourth term in 2018 depending on situation of the country, his ‘own mood’
By AP
Demonstrators chant anti-Putin slogans on Russian independence day, Tel Aviv, June 12 (photo credit: Elhanan Miller/Times of Israel)
June 14, 2012, 7:17 am
In Tel Aviv, protesters blame Russia for Syrian bloodshed
‘I can no longer remain silent,’ says one demonstrator. ‘Syria is within walking distance’
By Elhanan Miller
Illustrative photo of a Russian Jew at a rally in Moscow (Valery Melnikov/Kommersant/Flash 90)
March 6, 2012, 12:04 pm
After election, Russian Jews wonder about the future
The re-election of Putin was a foregone conclusion despite the demonstrations, but is it ‘good for the Jews?’
By Uriel Heilman
Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal at a Gulf Cooperation Council meeting in Riyadh in 2012 (photo credit: AP/Saudi Press Agency)
March 6, 2012, 9:49 am
Syria back on the diplomatic table
Gulf leaders meet to discuss Syria, an incendiary Islamic cleric threatened with arrest, and an Egyptian politician sacked for a nose job
By Elhanan Miller
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, who claimed victory in Russia's presidential election, tears up as he reacts at a massive rally of his supporters at Manezh square outside Kremlin, in Moscow, Sunday. (photo credit: AP/Ivan Sekretarev)
March 5, 2012, 7:35 am
Emotional Putin regains Kremlin
Elections watchdog says it received numerous reports of ‘carousel voting’
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