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Mon Mar 06 2000 at 10:26:21
Putin facts:
Born 7 October 1952 in
St. Petersburg
Practicing
Orthodox Christian
Works 16-17 hour days
Seldom shows
anger
Holds a
law degree
from
Leningrad
State University and a
doctorate
in
economics
Fluent in
German
; can even imitate dialects
Holds a
black belt
in
Judo
Leningrad's Judo champion in
1974
A
runner
(unusual in Russia)
Recruited by the
KGB
in
1975
Was schooled in
espionage
in
Moscow
Joined the KGB's
First Chief Directorate
as a foreign
intelligence
agent
focusing on Western visitors
Ordered the
Russian military
to expel the
Chechen
Islamic militants
Putin was sworn in as Russia's second president; his
PM
is an economic liberal named
Mikhail Kasyonov
.
Restoration of authoritarianism in Russia
A Man Like Putin
Russophobia
Now I am become death, the destroyer of worlds
Chechnya
Nicknames accorded by George W. Bush
He who controls the past controls the future
September 17, 2009
Boris Yeltsin
George W. Bush is a moron, and there is no 'grey matter' there
Pooting
Perestroika
Chechen
exile.ru
Fidel Castro
Saint Petersburg
Fears and the Future in Post-Sanity America
Playing Poker with Putin
Russia and the Near Abroad
Russia and the West
Second Chechen War
Sergei Ivanov