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