QUESTION 1 With this question, I would like to go over an important date in Sovi

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QUESTION 1

With this question, I would like to go over an important date in Soviet / Russian history: when did the Soviet Union cease to exist?

1991      

1999

2001      

1985

QUESTION 2

In today's Russia, internet - just like television and the press - is completely under Kremlin's censorship.

True

False

QUESTION 3

How many years did Vladimir Putin spend working as a KGB officer?

10

25

2

16

QUESTION 4

Boris Yeltin's term as president ended because...

he was removed from the office through a major political coup

he resigned from the post

he had to step down due to the pressures from the West

his second term was up

QUESTION 5

The very first decree that Putin signed as Russia's president granted Boris Yeltsin (Russia's former president) and his family immunity from prosecution.

True

False

QUESTION 6

Putin was the first Russian president to start a war in Chechnya

True

False

QUESTION 7

By the mid-1990s, it was clear that Vladimir Putin would become Russia's new president.

True

False

QUESTION 8

According to Peter Baker's article, during World War II, the city of Leningrad (Vladimir Putin's hometown) was under a German siege for 900 days, leaving hundreds of thousands of its citizens dead.

True

False

QUESTION 9

According to the CNN Report, Winter Olympic games held in Sochi were the most expensive Olympic games in history.

True

False

QUESTION 10

Boris Yeltsin appointed Putin his successor and Putin became Russia's president in 2000 without going through an election process.

True

False

QUESTION 11

If you visit the city of Moscow, you can see Putin's childhood apartment that has now been turned into a museum.

True

False

QUESTION 12

When the Berlin Wall fell in 1989, Putin was on an assignment as a KGB officer in...          

East Germany

Moscow

Afghanistan

West Germany

Explanation / Answer

1) December 25, 1991

2) False, Such restriction are there in North Korea,

3) 16 Years

4) he was removed from the office through a major political coup

Because of Internal Pressure

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