Russian president Vladimir Putin spoke with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping mere hours after President Trump was sworn in, pledging deepening cooperation.
Putin first became president on Dec. 31, 1999, when Boris Yeltsin, ailing from heart troubles, resigned. Putin was then elected in 2000 and served twice, the constitutional limit for successive terms.
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