Talk:Vladimir Putin

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Complex language[change source]

Too complex: for example "The amount of the actual psychological, financial and, possibly, physical damages that he must have caused to the dissidents in the former Soviet Union and in East Germany is not a matter of any public records at present."

Data on readability includes:

Indication of the number of years of formal education that a person requires in order to easily understand the text on the first reading: Gunning Fog index : 14.01

Peterdownunder (talk) 11:49, 10 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I have shortened and simplified this sentence. Ybelov (talk) 21:01, 10 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

United Russia[change source]

Putin is the leader of the United Russia, but he is not its member. "The main parliamentary party, the ruling United Russia headed by Vladimir Putin (he is not a member of the party, yet he is its leader), plans to go into the next elections with a renewed platform. Mr Putin announced the creation of a pre-election People’s Front to allow non-party candidates (up to 25pc) to win election on the United Russia ticket".^[1] Ybelov (talk) 20:43, 10 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

First presidential term[change source]

Putin officially became President of Russia on 26 March 2000. From 31 December 1999 to 26 March 2000 he was the acting President.Ybelov (talk) 20:59, 10 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Criticism and opposition[change source]

Articles about opposition to Putin's regime: en:Putin must go, en:Dissenters March, en:Strategy-31, en:Putin. Corruption Ybelov (talk) 21:28, 10 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

References[change source]

↑ United Russia under Vladimir Putin aims to go into 2012 elections with many new ideas. Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 2011

Add to "Early life"[change source]

Before Putin was born, his two brothers died: Viktor and Albert, were born in the mid-1930s. Albert died in infancy and Viktor died of diphtheria during the Siege of Leningrad by Nazi Germany's forces in World War II.^[1]

Credit: in part from En-wiki. 89.8.136.191 (talk) 21:21, 10 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

↑ "At Event, a Rare Look at Putin's Life". The New York Times. 27 January 2012.

[1] United Russia under Vladimir Putin aims to go into 2012 elections with many new ideas. Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 2011

[2] "At Event, a Rare Look at Putin's Life". The New York Times. 27 January 2012.

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