Title: History of the Russian Federation | Smart History of Russia
Headings: Russian Federation
1991-

Russian Federation
1991-
Background
Economy
State and society
Foreign relations
1993
2008
2014
Boris Yeltsin
Background
Shock Therapy
Constitutional Crisis
First Chechen War
Re-election, economic collapse and resignation
Vladimir Putin
2000-
Background
Prime Minister
Presidency
Dmitry Medvedev
Foreign policy
The New Cold War
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Content: Foreign relations
The Yeltsin years were characterized by mostly unwilling cooperation with NATO and the United States. All that changed with Putin. He expressed his opposition to the expansion of NATO to its borders, and launched an offensive against Georgia and Ukraine, who had attempted to move away from Russia’s sphere of influence and leaned towards the West. This placed Russia in relative political isolation, and skyrocketed Putin’s reputation at home as being a leader who stands up to the West. 1993
Constitutional crisis
2008
Russo-Georgian war
2014
Crimean crisis
Boris Yeltsin
1991-1999
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia became a constitutional republic. Yeltsin’s reign as the first president was, at first, characterized by high hopes of democracy and prosperity. Nevertheless, along with crime, corruption, and poverty on the rise, it turned out to be a disappointment, and a harsh experience for most Russians. Background
During the final years of the Soviet Union, Boris Yeltsin became one of its most popular statesmen. He gained nearly 60% of the votes at the Presidential election in 1991. Yeltsin expressed his support for freedom of speech and a free-market economy.