Even though Russia’s President Vladimir Putin was first elected Russia’s president in 2000, he is currently serving his “zero” term – according to the law that “nullified” his three previous presidencies and the current one.
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This handout picture released by the Russian Defence Ministry on April 22, 2021 shows Russian Defence Minister Sergey Shoigu (C) and Chief of the Russian General Staff Valery Gerasimov (R) looking through binoculars as the watch the Russian military drills at the Opuk training ground not far from the town of Kerch, on the Kerch Peninsula in the east of the Crimea.
