Russian President Putin

President of Russia Vladimir Putin

 -Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin is the President of Russia since 2012, previously holding the position from 2000 until 2008. In between his presidential terms, he was also the Prime Minister of Russia under president Dmitry Medvedev. Putin was born in Leningrad, Russian SFSR.

Putin served 15 years as a foreign intelligence officer for the KGB (Committee for State Security), including six years in Dresden, East Germany.

Military service
Allegiance	Soviet Union
Branch/service	KGB
Years of service	1975–1991
Rank	Colonel of the KGB[2]  Actual state adviser of the Russian Federation 1 class