Vladimir Putin he is undoubtedly among the most controversial political figures of the current second. His decisions, accompanied by words broadcast worldwide, are upsetting the balance of the globe. There Russia, after his order, he invaded Ukraine. For the past few days a bloody war has been waging, which is claiming victims, hour after hour, even among the civilian population. Below, a review of the curiosity linked to Putin who were kept “secret” until the moment when his name jumped, even more forcefully, to the center of the news.
THE SPORT – For example, not everyone knows that one of Vladimir Putin’s favorite sports is the martial art of judo. He began training in samba (a martial art originating from the Soviet Union) at the age of 14, before moving on to judo, which he continues to practice today. The Russian leader has won samba and judo competitions in his hometown Leningrad, including the senior championship. As for the studio, however, Putin, born in St. Petersburg on October 7, 1952, has embarked on the path of law at St. Petersburg State University, graduating in 1975.
HERITAGE – About his possessions there is less clarity. Putin lives in a mansion, called “Putin’s palace”. This is a residential complex of buildings located on the Black Man coast, near Gelendzhik, near Krasnodar. It is estimated to have a value of 1.1 billion euros. A journalistic investigation by the team of Occrp and Novaya Gazeta also wrote that Vladimir had set aside wealth equal to 24 billion dollars. Bill Browder, former CEO of Heritage Capital Management (investment fund specializing in the Russian market) said that in reality the assets would be 200 billion dollars.
PASSIONS – Not everyone knows that Putin is a fan of the ABBA musical group, his absolute favorite. Among other passions, even that for animals, and in particular for dogs. He has three: a female Labrador, a male Karakachan named Buffy, and a female Akita. Passionate about football, he supports the Zenit St. Petersburg team. Furthermore, he appears to be an avid follower of the Formula 1. In the past he also drove a Renault on a circuit near St. Petersburg.
ORIGINS – From a search of the newspaper Moskovskij Komsomolets it emerged that Putin would have Vicenza origins. According to the newspaper, his great-great-grandfather, a native of Costabissara, would have emigrated to Russia to work on the construction of the Trans-Siberian railway. Still on the subject of family, the current Russian president grew up in a kommunalka, a multi-family house typical of the Soviet Union of the 1940s and 1950s, where poor families resided. His father was a submariner in the Navy, and had taken part in the Second World War. The mother, on the other hand, was a worker. Before Vladimir, the couple had two other children, born in the 1930s and therefore older than the third child, but both were dead. The first a few months after his birth, the second during the siege of Leningrad.
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