dumb little format experimentation
this is for
@Blackentheborg mainly
2018-2023: Vladimir Putin (Independent, de facto United Russia)
'18: def. Pavel Grudinin (CPRF), Vladimir Zhirinovsky (LDPR), Ksenia Sobchak (Civic Initiative), Grigory Yavlinsky (Yabloko), minor candidates
- Protests over retirement age hike from 60 to 65 for men and 55 to 63 for women
- Kerch Strait Incident; capture of 3 Ukrainian naval vessels by the Russian Border Guard
- 2018 Putin–Trump summit in Helsinki; uproar in the US over perception of Trump accomodating Putin
- Protests in Moscow over rejection of independent candidates' signatures
- 2020 address to the Federal Assembly, call for constitutional reform
- 2020 Russian constitutional referendum (78.56% YES, 21.44% NO)
- 2021 protests surrounding arrest of Alexei Navalny and alleged corruption scheme surrounding "Putin's Palace" at Cape Idokopas
- Tightening of election laws in preview for 2021 legislative elections; United Russia maintains parliamentary supermajority
- Collapse of the ruble's exchange rate during 2023 recession
- Death of Vladimir Putin (1952-2023) during presidential motorcade
2023-2024: Mikhail Mishustin (Independent, de facto United Russia)
- 13 people arrested in "Putin case"
- Death of Aleksandr Bortnikov (1951-2024) amidst allegations of power struggle in the Kremlin
- Decision against participating in the 2024 presidential election
2024-2030: Gleb Nikitin (Independent, de facto United Russia)
'24: def. Maksim Suraykin (Communists of Russia), Vladimir Zhirinovsky (LDPR), Yelena Navalnaya (Independent, de facto Russia of the Future), Leonid Zyuganov (CPRF), minor candidates
- General amnesty of prisoners arrested in the 2019-2023 period
- Allegations of Russian involvement in the Cyprus Insurgency (2025-2026)
- Mariupol Incident; intensification of Donbass crisis
- "Men of the High Road", expose of Donbass' CIS-born and foreign mercenaries, becomes most-watched documentary on Netflix
- 2026 protests over results of legislative elections
- Arrest of multiple "Navalny-aligned" State Duma deputies, later released
- Death of Vladimir Zhirinovsky (1946-2028), disintegration of the LDPR
- Global temperature increase exceeds 1.6°C in 2030
- 2030 coronavirus pandemic, beginning of new economic depression
- Death of Gleb Nikitin (1977-2030) following coronavirus infection
2030-2031: Andrei Belousov (Independent, de facto United Russia)
'30: def. Maksim Suraykin (Communists of Russia), Nikolai Bondarenko (CPRF), Igor Strelkov (Force of Truth), Roman Putin (Russia Without Corruption), other candidates
- Attempt to reverse slump with "New Economic Mobilization"
- Growth of housing, flood control activity in Western Siberia
- Rise of gas prices amidst severe winter in Europe
- Discussions of closer economic ties with People's Republic of China, provoking protests in the Far East
- Imposition of curfew in several Russian regions (2031-2034)
- 2031 legislative elections see United Russia maintain majority by 9 seats; conduct of elections marred with violence
- Resignation of Andrei Belousov owing to "health issues"
2031-2032: Daniil Yegorov (Independent, de facto United Russia)
- Promise of snap elections in March 2032, later revoked
- "New Regionalist" period, severe weakening of presidential authority
- Attempt to stabilize relations with Ukraine, the European Union
- General factory workers' strike (2031-2032)
- Konstantin Malofeyev promises "reckoning" for Yegorov in 2032, reversal of Yegorov's "cosmopolitan, anti-Russian" course
- Disintegration of United Russia
- Murder of Daniil Yegorov (1975-2032) by far-right militiamen
2032-2034: Yevgeny Zinichev (Independent)
- Beginning of insurgency in Northern Caucasus and general far-right insurgency in Russia
- Continued pro-democracy protests across Russia
- Expose revealing how systematic murders of activists and voters during the 2031 legislative elections and curfew were tacitly encouraged by police
- 2033 St. Petersburg speech
- New Constitutional Convention assembled, snap elections called in 2034
- Decision not to run for full presidential term
2034-present: Nikolai Bondarenko (Independent, endorsed by Left Front)
'34: def. Yevgeny Roizman (Independent, endorsed by Russia of the Future), minor candidates
- Relaxation of repression, censorship, electoral restriction and social laws in Russia; beginnings of Russian "Media Revolution"
- 2035 constitutional referendum (65.17% YES, 34.83% NO)
- First same-sex civil unions in Russia
- Flow of refugees into Russia amidst Arab Summer
- Controversy over lustration of pre-Bondarenko administration officials, publication of archived documents, decommunization efforts in oblasts led by Russia of the Future-affiliated governors
- Sledkom issues arrest order for 23 Russian oligarchs and officials, among them Konstantin Malofeyev (missing since 2033, allegedly living in Brazil)
- 2036 Bondarenko–Fetterman summit in Athens amidst considerable thaw in Russian-American relations; discussion of cooperation on space, combat against climate change, "undue influence" by the People's Republic of China and the Sixth French Republic