Valdimir Putin Height, Weight, Age, Net Worth, Family, Religion & Career

Fact about

• Vladimir Putin (born 1952) is the longest-serving Russian leader since Joseph Stalin having led the country for more than 2 decades as either its Prime Minister or its President. His time in power has been characterized by territorial tensions in Eastern Europe, liberal economic reform, and a crackdown on political freedoms around Putin’s ‘action man’; image.
• After the war, Putin’s father took a factory job and his mother swept streets and washed test tubes. The family lived in a communal apartment with serval other families. There was apparently no hot water and lots of rats.
• While at school, he became interested in a career with the KGB, Learning that the organization didn’t take volunteers and instead hand-picked their members, he applied to law school as a path to being selected. In 1972,  he graduated from Leningrad State University.
• Although he was virtually unknown, Putin’s public -approval rating soared when he launched a well-organized military operation against secessionist rebels in Chechnya. Wearid by years of Yeltsin’s erratic behavior, the Russian public appreciated Putin’s coolness and decisiveness under pressure, Putin’s support for a new electron bloc, Unity, ensured its success in the December parliamentary election.
• He has expressed support for the preservation of historical monuments and landmarks in Russia.
• Putin enjoys Russian cuisine, especially traditional dishes like ice cream borscht and pelmeni.
• As a child, Putin had a dream of becoming a spy.
• However, in 1989, the Berlin Wall came down. Two years later, the Soviet Union collapsed and Putin left the KGB. This wasn’t to be the end of Putin the end of Putin left the KGB. however: in 1998, he was appointed the head of the FSB, the reconstituted KGB.
• Does Vladimir Putin smoke: No
• Does Vladimir Putin drink alcohol: Yes.
• His entire life has been spent practicing martial arts, and he is a black belt in judo.
• According to rumors, Putin was also involved in the killing of politician rival Boris Nemtsov and former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko.
• There are claims that Wendi Deng Murdoch and Russian President Vladamir Putin were secretly dating earlier in 2016. The rumors intensified when Deng, who divorced Rupert Murdoch in 2013, was spotted taking a vacation on the $400 million yacht owned by Roman Abramovich, a close friend of Vladimir Putin.
• Judo: History, Theory, practice was an English-language judo book that co-authored in 2004.
• However, Benjamin Writtes editor of Lawfare and a black belt in taekwondo and aikido, disputed Putin’s martial arts skills, stating that there is no video noteworthy Judo skills.