Since taking office in 2000, Putin has devoted himself to revitalizing Russia's superpower status, strengthening the power of the federal government internally, rectifying the economic order, cracking down on financial oligarchs and strengthening army building; Efforts should be made to improve the international environment, expand diplomatic space, safeguard national interests and restore the status of a world power on the international stage.
Putin was elected president of Russia four times. During his presidency, he promoted Russia's international status after the disintegration of the Soviet Union as a whole. He is tough on domestic and foreign policies and controversial on democracy. He is regarded as an "iron-fisted president" and has been selected as the most influential person in the world by Time and Forbes magazine.
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Vladimir vladimirovich Putin,19521kloc-0/0 was born in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg) on October 7th.
Putin's mother Maria Ivanovna Pujingna is a factory worker, while his father Vladimir Spiridonovic Putin served in the Soviet navy. In 1930s, Putin's father served in the submarine force, and later served as a bomber of the Soviet Ministry of Internal Affairs in World War II.
Putin's two brothers were born in the mid-1930s. One of them died young, and the other died of diphtheria in the defense of Leningrad. His grandfather, Spiridon Putin, was the personal chef of Lenin and Stalin.
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