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 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.