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'''ولادمير ولادميروويچ پوتين''' ([[روسي ژبه|روسي]]: Влади́мир Влади́мирович Пу́тин, {{Audio|ru-Putin.ogg|pronunciation}}, ''Vladímir Vladímirovich Pútin''; born [[7 October]] [[1952]]) is a [[Politics of Russia|Russian politician]], and the current [[President of Russia|President]] of the [[Russian Federation]]. He succeeded [[Boris Yeltsin]] on [[December 31]], [[1999]].

 

'''Vladimir Putin''' was born in [[Saint Petersburg]] (formerly called [[Leningrad]]). His autobiography, ''Ot Pervovo Litsa'', translated into [[English]] under the title ''First Person'' and based on interviews conducted with Putin in [[2000]], speaks of humble beginnings, including early years in a rat-infested [[tenement]] in a communal apartment. In his youth he was eager to emulate staunch intelligence officers, as enacted on [[Soviet]] screen by [[Vyacheslav Tikhonov]] and [[Georgiy Zhzhonov]].