Final answer:
Vladimir Putin was elected as the leader of Russia in 2000 after Boris Yeltsin resigned in 1999. He is associated with economic growth in Russia and is rumored to have accumulated significant personal wealth.
Step-by-step explanation:
- The person who was elected leader of Russia in 2000 and soon became the symbol of a new and stronger Russia is Vladimir Putin. After Boris Yeltsin's resignation in 1999, Putin, who was serving as the Prime Minister, became the acting president and was later elected as the president in 2000.
- He previously served as a K.G.B. counter-intelligence officer and the Director of the F.S.B., the successor to the K.G.B. During his administration, especially with the rise in oil prices in the early 2000s, Russia experienced significant economic growth, although much of this wealth was concentrated in the hands of oligarchs.
- Putin himself is rumored to have amassed considerable wealth over his time in power, with estimates of his net worth being extraordinarily high.