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Jun 2, 2023 · Although it was an unsentimental upbringing, Putin’s parents doted on him as their “miracle baby”, said the Daily Mirror, and he was treated as a king, according to author Masha Gessen.
- Felicity Capon
In the early 2000s, significant political changes took place in Russia with Vladimir Putin's rise to power. Putin, who previously held key positions in the security forces and government, became the successor to President Boris Yeltsin.
ignoring the differences between each other’s reasoning or pretending not to see them and expecting Putin to behave “like themselves” (this is what most of the European Union did and still does, especially before the Ukraine crisis; Reitschuster, 2004, p. 193).
Mar 21, 2024 · With Vladimir Putin recently winning another six-year term in an election deemed undemocratic by outside observers, the Russian president may become the longest-serving leader in the last 200 years of Russian history — even outlasting the 29-year reign of Josef Stalin.
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You’d think that former German Minister of Defense Baron Karl-Theodor Maria Nikolaus Johann Jacob Philipp Franz Joseph Sylvester Buhl-Freiherr von und zu Guttenberg already had a long enough name. But in 2006, he decided to add the title of “Dr.” to it, completing his doctorate of law at Germany’s University of Beyrouth. Or so he said. It turns out...
Russian President Vladimir Putin has been far less receptive to repeated allegationsthat he was not the intellectual braintrust behind his 1997 dissertation, “Mineral and Raw Materials Resources and the Development Strategy for the Russian Economy.” Accusations against Putin first surfaced in 2006, when an investigation by the Brookings Institution...
Guttenberg’s, Ponta’s and Putin’s reactions to their false doctorate scandals are all completely appropriate, my research finds – if you consider the cultural context in which each occurred. Leaving office after allegations of academic corruption, as Guttenberg did, is a rational response in his situation. Germany ranks sixth of 129 countries world...
The same holds true in Ukraine, another struggling young democracy. In Ukraine, it is traditional for top politicians to hold doctorates. All of the five presidents that have run Ukraine since its independence from the Soviet Union in 1991 have had their Ph.D.’s – at least in theory. But since the country has dozens of private firms that offer ghos...
When asked about how they made their fortune, billionaires often cite Henry Ford’s quip: “I am ready to account for any day in my life, but don’t ask me how I made my first million.” The car manufacturer’s bon mot hints at the shady – sometimes illicit – origins or great wealth. For some European and Russian politicians – or even American college g...
- Ararat Osipian
16 hours ago · Vladimir Putin is a Russian leader and former KGB officer who has shaped his nation’s political landscape for decades with a mix of strategic maneuvers, military aggression against Russia’s neighbors, and controversial policies.
Feb 25, 2008 · Strangely, Mr Putin says his role model is neither Peter nor any of Russia's past leaders, but America's longest-serving president. He has often compared his mission in history with that of...
