| Question | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| What country did Russia start invading in 2022? | Ukraine | 95%
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| What region of that country did Russia annex in 2014? | Crimea | 91%
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| What was Putin's employer before he entered politics for 15 years? | KGB | 89%
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| Who did he succeed as the President of Russia? | Boris Yeltsin | 81%
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| What sport does Putin have a black belt in? | Judo | 81%
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| What Syrian dictator did he support during Syria's civil war? | Bashar al-Assad | 80%
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| What country did Russia invade in 2008? | Georgia | 79%
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| What term refers to the business magnates in Russia who have significant influence under Putin's reign and maintain close ties to him? | Oligarch | 73%
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| What language is he confirmed to be fluent in other than Russian? | German | 70%
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| What Russian federal subject was site of a bloody war in the 2000s? | Chechnya | 66%
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| What private military company was formerly led by Pavel Prigozhin? | {Wagner} Group | 63%
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| Who served as President of Russia between Putin's two terms between 2008-2012? | Dmitry Medvedev | 59%
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| In what East German city was he posted, working for the above between 1985–1990? | Dresden | 55%
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| What opposition leader was poisoned in 2020, imprisoned in 2021 and killed in 2024? | Alexei Navalny | 52%
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| What major natural gas pipeline, from Russia to Germany, is often associated withPutin's energy strategy in Europe? | {Nord} Stream | 51%
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| What type of animal did Putin shoot to "save" a camera crew with a tranquilizer dart in a staged publicity stunt in 2008? | Siberian Tiger | 47%
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| What is the de-facto political party of Vladimir Putin? | {United} Russia | 46%
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| What world leader said "I looked the man (Putin) in the eye. I found him very straightforward and trustworthy"? | George W. Bush | 44%
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