Putin. A quarter of a century as president.

Tomorrow marks a quarter of a century since the first inauguration of Vladimir Putin.#CryptoAdoption

There will be no end to the panegyrics, the bureaucracy loves to be overly obedient, I will throw some achievements from the 25 years (with one interruption) of the president's rule at it.

I will note, however, that there will be no room for all achievements. So.

1️⃣ Salaries. In 2000, the average salary was only 2223 rubles, in November 2023 – 73,383 rubles.

2️⃣ Pension system. Since 2002, there have been three types of pension provision: state pension provision (GPO), OPS, and non-state pension provision.

From 2010 to 2023, the average annual return on the savings of "silent ones" in the VEB asset management company was 7.5% per annum, with a total for the entire period – 173.5%, while the accumulated inflation was recorded at 161.3%.

3️⃣ Unemployment. In 2000, the rate was 10.6%, in 2010 – 7.3%, in 2020 – 5.8%, in 2023 – 2.3%.

4️⃣ Mineral extraction tax. I still can't understand how Putin pushed through this tax. In the 90s, the share of oil and gas revenues in the budget fluctuated between 5-9.5%. In 2002, the share of oil and gas revenues was 14.7%. In subsequent years, this figure reached half and even more.

5️⃣ Repayment of external debt. Here I will quote Putin from 2003: "We paid $17 billion [to the Paris Club of creditors], the country didn't even notice it."

6️⃣ Crises. In the last 25 years, there have been four crises in Russia: in 2009, 2015, 2020, and 2022. However, while in 2009 the country's GDP fell by 7.8%, in 2015 it decreased by 2.0%, in 2020 (COVID) by 2.7%, and in 2022 by 1.2%.

7️⃣ Finally, the familiar institutional abbreviations, the emergence of which would be impossible without the president's involvement: AIZHK (DOM.RF), NSPK, "Rosatom", "Rostec", "ASV", VEB.RF, "Roscosmos".$ETH