Dmitry Medvedev
Some of the key events about Dmitry Medvedev
- 1990Graduated with honors from Leningrad State University with a law degree
- 1999Appointed Deputy Chief of Staff to President Boris Yeltsin
- 2005Appointed First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia
- 2008Elected as the third President of the Russian Federation
- 2008Authorized military intervention in Georgia during the Russo-Georgian War
- 2009Launched a modernization program aimed at diversifying Russia's economy
- 2010Signed the New START treaty with U.S. President Barack Obama, reducing nuclear arsenals
- 2011Approved Russia's entry into the World Trade Organization
- 2011Signed law extending presidential terms from four to six years
- 2011Dismissed Moscow's mayor Yury Luzhkov, seen as a move to consolidate power
- 2012Extended the presidential term from four to six years
- 2012Became Prime Minister of Russia under President Vladimir Putin
- 2012Signed law requiring NGOs receiving foreign funding to register as "foreign agents"
- 2012Approved legislation increasing fines for participants in unauthorized protests
- 2013Signed law banning adoption of Russian children by U.S. citizens
- 2014Supported the annexation of Crimea from Ukraine
- 2018As Prime Minister, proposed raising the retirement age, sparking widespread protests
- 2019Signed law allowing authorities to label individuals as "foreign agents"
- 2020Appointed Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of Russia
- 2022Made threatening statements about using nuclear weapons in the context of the Ukraine conflict
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