Russian President Vladimir Putin has been declared a war criminal by US politicians as his country’s invasion of Ukraine continues.
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Vladimir Putin is the president of Russia and has been in office as president or prime minister for 22 years.
He entered politics in 1996 after a career in the KGB, first becoming Russia's acting president in 1999.
President Putin is under global pressure to end the full-scale attack launched on Ukraine by Russia.
High-level talks between the countries have begun, but there have been reports of further Russian missile strikes.
The EU announced further sanctions yesterday and pledged to fund weapons for Ukraine's fight against Russia.
Putin is a controversial figure both within and outside of Russia for his authoritarianism and human rights record, Wales Online reported.
But when did Vladimir Putin come to power in Russia - and what did he do before that?
Vladimir Putin has been president of Russia since 2012, having previously occupied the role from 1999 until 2008.
He was the country's prime minister from 1999 to 2000, and then again between 2008 and 2012.
Born in Saint Petersburg (then Leningrad) in 1952, Putin was an intelligence officer before entering Russian politics.
His grandfather, Spiridon Putin, worked as a personal cook for both Lenin and Stalin.
In 1999, Putin was appointed as acting Prime Minister by the ailing and increasingly erratic President Boris Yeltsin, who resigned from his own post that December.
Yeltsin made it clear that Putin was his preferred successor for the presidency.
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