Who is Vladimir Putin, really?

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Who is Vladimir Putin, really?​

As the world reacts in horror and disbelief to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the man who ordered the military attack, President Vladimir Putin, is being widely condemned for what's been described as a dangerous and unprovoked act of aggression. But who is this man from Leningrad who grew up to become one of the most powerful men in recent history?

 

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Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin​

Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin was born on October 7, 1952 in Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg), in the former Soviet Union.

 

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Early life​

In September 1960, Putin started school in Leningrad (he's pictured first row, third from right).

 

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Martial arts and literature​

By the age of 12 he was practicing judo and reading on Marx, Engels, and Lenin in his free time.

 

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Shy​

By all accounts, the teenaged Putin was shy and retiring. He's pictured uncharacteristically dancing with his classmates during a school party in Leningrad in 1971.

 

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Judo expert​

Despite—or because of—his introverted nature, Putin excelled at judo, a martial art he has studied all his life. Here he grapples with a classmate at school.

 

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Studying law​

Putin studied law at Leningrad State University. He was taught by Anatoly Sobchak, who became his mentor. He graduated in 1975. While there, Putin was required to join the Communist Party and remained a member until it ceased to exist (it was outlawed in 1991).

 

[Loofydralb]

He has spoken so many, times on so many topics, if the world still cannot make of what he did then a worse fate will befall the world.

 

[jw5]

KGB career​

In 1975, Putin joined the KGB, the main security agency for the Soviet Union. He worked out of Leningrad. Pictured is the office block that used to house the KGB and where Putin made his career as an officer. Today it's known as Bolshoy Dom ("Big House") and houses the headquarters of the local domestic branches of the Federal Security Service of Russia.

 

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Marriage​

Little is known of Vladimir Putin's career in the KGB. During this period he married Lyudmila Shkrebneva in July 1985. They have two daughters, Myria (pictured here as a baby) and Yekaterina. The couple divorced in 2014.

 

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Who is Vladimir Putin, really?​

As the world reacts in horror and disbelief to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the man who ordered the military attack, President Vladimir Putin, is being widely condemned for what's been described as a dangerous and unprovoked act of aggression. But who is this man from Leningrad who grew up to become one of the most powerful men in recent history?

He served as a translator and grassroots leader for the KGB in East Germany,

 

[steffychun]

More manly than Ho Ching or Pinky!

 

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Family visit​

The KGB officer pictured with his parents, Maria and Vladimir, in 1985. Photographs of Putin with close family members are rarely published.

 

[LordElrond]

An ordinary Russian who wants to make Russia great again MRGA

 

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Working undercover​

From 1985 to 1990, Putin, now a mid-level KGB officer, served in Dresden, East Germany (pictured) using a cover identity as a translator. Most of what he did during the Dresden years remains shrouded in mystery.

 

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Leningrad State University​

Putin resigned from active KGB service after the collapse of the Communist East German government. In 1990 he became assistant rector for international affairs at Leningrad State University.

 

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Back at university​

While at the university, Putin scouted for possible KGB recruits, kept his eyes on students, and renewed his friendship with his former tutor Anatoly Sobchak, soon to be the mayor of Leningrad.

 

[50000]

He is a double agent for the CIA, helped bring down the old Soviet Union and then placed into Power to maintain peace for the past 20 odd years. The world is coming out of the pandemic and needs something for the governments to spend money (for the USA as usual, spend on War). Biden also needs something to let his popularity fly. All western political BS

 

[Hypocrite-The]

Any pictures of his mistresses and daughters including the love child?

https://www.news.com.au/technology/...n/news-story/b6dd6bee2ad00c475388633f40622e1e

 

[saynotomsm]