Sponsored Topics. Granger is census-designated place in St. Joseph County, Indiana, United States, located in Clay and Harris Townships. The population was 30,465 at the 2010 census. Penn-Harris-Madison School Corporation and the South Bend Community School Corporation maintain the public schools in the area.
By On 12/31/14 AT 12:29 PM. 1  Vladimir Putin celebrates 15 years in power on Wednesday. A lot has changed since he became president on New Year's Eve 1999. 2  Vladimir Putin celebrates 15 years in power on Wednesday. A lot has changed since he became president on New Year's Eve 1999.
In August 1999, Vladimir V. Putin, head of Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB), successor to the KGB, was appointed Prime Minister. On December 31st of that year, Boris Yeltsin announced that Putin would succeed him as President of the Russian Federation. HOW PUTIN CAME TO POWER traces the stunningly rapid ascension of this political unknown to leadership of the Kremlin. The film documents the power struggle between the country's ruling oligarchs and a behind-the-scenes political deal that elevated Putin to power.