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Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin
President of Russia
Russian Authoritarian Leader
Overview
Vladimir Putin is the President of Russia who has been implicated in extensive election interference operations targeting the 2016 U.S. presidential election to benefit Donald Trump, as documented in the Mueller Report.
Key Affiliations
Controversies & Concerns
2016 U.S. election interference operation (Mueller Report)
Internet Research Agency troll farm operations
GRU hacking of DNC and Clinton campaign
Helsinki summit where Trump sided with Putin over U.S. intelligence
Bounties on U.S. troops in Afghanistan (alleged)
Poisoning of political opponents (Navalny, Skripal)
Invasion of Ukraine (2022)
Related Investigations (23)
2016 Election InterferenceElection Security
Tier 2
criticalInternational Authoritarian NetworkGeopolitics
Tier 4
highGlobal Authoritarian TrendsDemocracy
Tier 3
highBelarus RepressionGovernment Accountability
Tier 2
highHavana Syndrome & Directed Energy AttacksNational Security
Tier 4
criticalElection Interference PatternsElection Integrity
Tier 4
criticalHelsinki Summit, Trump Sides with PutinNational Security
Tier 4
criticalICC Fugitives: War Criminals Beyond the Reach of JusticeInternational Law
Tier 3
criticalThe Panama PapersFinancial Crime
Tier 1
criticalRussian Disinformation OperationsForeign Interference
Tier 3
criticalRussian Disinformation OperationsForeign Interference
Tier 4
criticalRussian Intelligence OperationsForeign Intelligence
Tier 4
criticalRussian Election Interference 2016Election Interference
Tier 1
criticalRussia-Ukraine War: The Largest European Conflict Since World War IIWar Crimes
Tier 2
criticalRussian Influence Operations: Global Subversion and Election InterferenceForeign Interference
Tier 3
criticalRussian War Crimes: From Chechnya to Syria to UkraineWar Crimes
Tier 2
criticalRussian Election InterferenceElection Integrity
Tier 1
criticalSecret Agendas & Covert OperationsTransparency
Tier 4
highTreason & Foreign CollusionNational Security
Tier 3
criticalTrump-Russia InvestigationForeign Interference
Tier 1
criticalRussia-Ukraine War: The Largest European Conflict Since World War IIWar & Conflict
Tier 2
criticalRussian War Crimes in Ukraine: Systematic Atrocities Against CiviliansWar Crimes
Tier 2
criticalWagner Group Crimes: Russia's Murder-for-Hire Mercenary ArmyWar Crimes
Tier 2
criticalCriminal Charges & Violations
12 documented violations
Rome Statute Article 8 (War Crimes)ICC ARREST WARRANT; International Criminal Court issued arrest warrant for war crimes in Ukraine including deportation of children (March 2023)(International Criminal)
Rome Statute Article 8(2)(a)(vii)Unlawful Deportation; Systematic deportation of Ukrainian children to Russia constituting war crime(International Criminal)
Rome Statute Article 7 (Crimes Against Humanity)Crimes Against Humanity; Systematic attacks on civilian population in Ukraine including deliberate targeting of civilian infrastructure(International Criminal)
UN Charter Article 2(4)War of Aggression; Unprovoked invasion of sovereign nation Ukraine violating fundamental UN Charter prohibition on use of force(International)
52 U.S.C. § 30121Foreign Election Interference; Directed 2016 Russian interference operation documented in Mueller Report and Senate Intelligence Committee findings(US Election Law)
18 U.S.C. § 371Conspiracy to Defraud the United States; Oversaw campaign to interfere with lawful functions of US government (elections)(US Federal)
18 U.S.C. § 1030Computer Fraud and Abuse; GRU hacking operations against DNC, DCCC, and Clinton campaign conducted under his authority(US Federal)
Convention Against Torture Article 2State-Sponsored Torture; Systematic torture of political prisoners including Alexei Navalny who died in custody(International)
Chemical Weapons ConventionUse of Chemical Weapons; Novichok poisoning of Sergei Skripal, Alexei Navalny, and others(International)
Geneva Convention IVProtection of Civilians; Deliberate attacks on Ukrainian civilian infrastructure including hospitals, schools, residential areas(International Humanitarian Law)
Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability ActHuman Rights Violations; Subject to US sanctions for serious human rights abuses and corruption(US Law)
ICCPR Articles 6, 7, 9, 19Political Assassinations; Ordering killings of journalists, dissidents, and political opponents (Politkovskaya, Nemtsov, Litvinenko, others)(International)
Known Associates & Connections
Donald Trump
Election interference beneficiary, Helsinki summit defender
Paul Manafort
Received polling data via Kilimnik
Sources & Documentation
2 documented sources from official records, investigations, and reports
Personal Information
- Born
- October 7, 1952
- Birthplace
- Leningrad (St. Petersburg), Soviet Union
- Also Known As
- Czar, The Man Who Owns Russia
Education
- •Law Degree, Leningrad State University
- •KGB Training
Key Timeline
1952
Born in Leningrad
1975
Joins KGB
2000
Becomes President of Russia
2016
Orders election interference operation targeting U.S.
2017
Mueller investigation begins
2018
Helsinki summit with Trump
2022
Invades Ukraine