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1. Russian politician and former intelligence officer (born 1952), President of Russia since 2012 and from 2000-2008
   - Vladimir Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin

1. Place, fit, or thrust (something) into another thing
   - insert, enclose, inclose, stick in, introduce
    
2. Keep or lay aside for future use
   "put in grain for the winter";
   - store, hive away, lay in, salt away, stack away, stash away
    
3. Break into a conversation
   - chime in [informal], cut in, butt in, barge in [informal], break in, chip in [informal]
    
4. Set up for use
   "We put in a new sink";
   - install, instal, set up
    
5. Make an application as for a job or funding
   "We put in a grant to the NSF";
   - submit
    
6. To insert between other elements
   "She put in clever remarks";
   - interject, come in, interpose, throw in, inject

Derived forms: putting in, puts in, put in

See also: hive

Type of: apply, break up, cut off, disrupt, hold on, interrupt, keep, lay, national leader, place, pose, position, put, set, statesman, statesperson

Encyclopedia: Putin, Vladimir