Vladimir Putin
President of Russia, former FSB director
theorist
Profile
Vladimir Putin has served as President of Russia since 2012, having previously held the presidency from 2000 to 2008. Between those terms he served as Prime Minister. Before entering elected office, Putin spent nearly two decades in Soviet and Russian intelligence, including as director of the FSB.
Why they matter
As Russia’s head of state and commander-in-chief, Putin sets the strategic calculus that Ukraine’s long-range drone campaign against Moscow is explicitly designed to influence. His decisions on force posture, escalation thresholds, and negotiating conditions shape the operational environment in which autonomous and remotely piloted systems are being deployed at scale.
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