This leader appointed Akhmad Kadyrov to one post, and one scandal early in this leader's career was the Kursk submarine disaster.
This leader appointed Akhmad Kadyrov to one post, and one scandal early in this leader's career was the Kursk submarine disaster. Some measures imposed by this politician were a flat 13% income tax and a radically different energy policy, and he put down the "Dissenter's Marches" in 2007. He was instrumental in securing the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, and riots have followed his election to a third, non-consecutive term as President. This politician was also involved in the Second Chechen War. For 10 points, name this predecessor of Dmitri Medvedev, the current Prime Minister of Russia.
This leader appointed Akhmad Kadyrov to one post, and one scandal early in this leader's career was the Kursk submarine disaster.
Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin 