Geography
Annexed in 2014, this peninsula was where Churchill, Stalin, and FDR met towards the end of World War 2.
Crimea
It is said that Russia has evolved from this type of government to the dictatorship it is today. The definition means "a country ruled by a small group".
What is Oligarchy?
Much of Putin's worldview and mission in life has been influenced by his experience witnessing the downfall of this transcontinental country.
What is the Soviet Union?
A former comedian, he played the president of Ukraine in a popular sitcom before literally being elected by the Ukrainian people as the actual president.
Who is Zelensky?
Name three activities Putin enjoys doing shirtless.
What is fishing, hunting, cold-water bathing, sauna, wrestling bears, horseback riding?
This is the largest and deepest lake in Russia, which is also a brand of water taken from it.
What is Baikal?
Although he is currently the president of Russia, Putin has maintained power by switching back and forth between the presidency and this role.
What is Prime Minister?
Putin is quoted as saying, "Whoever does not miss the Soviet Union has no heart, but whoever wants it back has no_______."
What is a brain?
Putin resigned from the KGB in 1991 because he disagreed with the events surrounding a coup d'etat which removed this man from power.
Who is Mikhail Gorbachev?
In August 2008, Putin visited the Ussuri nature reserve and volunteered to put a satellite tracker on this animal. Later, on his 56th birthday, he was gifted a baby version of this animal. Additionally, he has claimed to have saved a camera crew from this animal during an expedition in Siberia.
What is a tiger?
This is the capital of Ukraine.
Kyiv
Putin studied this during his time at Leningrad State University.
What is Law?
Putin studied this man's writings extensively. Situated in Red Square, this man was embalmed and has been on display to the public in a mausoleum to his name since his death in 1924. *Daily Double*
Who is Vladimir Lenin?
Playing the system,with his best friend, this man and Putin have swapped back and forth between prime minister and president, each time, altering the constitution so that the power goes to the position Putin is in. Some have called the political relationship with this man a "tandemocracy".
Who is Dimitry Medvedev?
Putin enjoys this Olympic sport. It is a Japanese martial art that has been nicknamed "jacket wrestling."
What is Judo?
This area, in the East of Ukraine, has been contested since 2014 and is the current location of the heaviest fighting in the war between Ukraine and Russia.
Donbass
Someone in this profession often finds themselves accidentally falling out of a balcony, tripping onto a kitchen knife, or accidentally ingesting cyanide after mentioning Putin.
Who are journalists?
To remain in power, Putin has had to do this repeatedly to the Russian constitution. The verb means to "formally modify".
What is amend?
Fled Ukraine in 2014 after the Maidan Revolution, or "Revolution of Dignity", this former dictator has been accused of aiding Putin in his efforts to conquer the country he was the former leader of.
Who is Victor Yanukovich?
Putin is friends with this overweight American action star from the 80's/90's. His most famous role is 1992 Under Seige in which he played a Navy Seal.
Who is Steven Segal?
This country is a puppet state of Russia. The name translates as "near Russia".
Belarus
Putin worked undercover in East Berlin as a member of this Russian intelligence agency.
What is the KGB?
Putin has allowed and even advocated for Chechnya's brutal crackdown, suppression, and violence against this minority group.
What is the gay/lesbian community.
Russian opposition leader, who exposed Putin's corruption and organized large demonstrations against the regime, Putin attempted to murder this man multiple times, but he survived a poisoning, only to return to Russia, was thrown in prison, and finally died "under mysterious circumstances" in a Siberian labor camp in December 2023.
Who is Alexei Navalny?
In 2010, Putin joined marine biologists in a small boat and shot this animal with a crossbow. Environmentalists were critical of this action, but Putin claimed he needed to do it "in the name of science!".
What is a whale?