 Putin yabaye umushikiranganji wa mbere 1999, umukuru wigihugu 2000-2008, umushikiranganji wa mbere kandi 2008-2012, ahindura ibwirizwa shingiro kugira yongere ikiringo cumukuru wigihugu kuva ku myaka ine gushika ku myaka itandatu, munyuma asubira ku butegetsi mu 2012. 