Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Βλαντίμιρ Πούτιν" in Greek language version.
But these were the honeymoon days and she was already expecting their first child when he was sent to Moscow for further training at the Yuri Andropov Red Banner Institute in September 1984 ... At Red Banner, students were given a nom de guerre beginning with the same letter as their surname. Thus Comrade Putin became Comrade Platov.
I worked there for about four and a half years, and then I went to Moscow for training at the Andropov Red Banner Institute, which is now the Academy of Foreign Intelligence.
As of 2021, Putin is the second longest-serving European president, after Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus. Putin has been leading the country of Russia since August 1999. He was also the prime minister from 1999 to 2000 and again from 2008 to 2012.
During World War II, Putin's father, Vladimir, served in the NKVD--predecessor of the KGB--and was dropped behind Nazi lines in Estonia, Putin said. The elder Putin's unit was nearly wiped out, but he escaped by hiding underwater in a swamp and breathing through a hollow reed, his son said. Later, his father was wounded by a grenade, he said, and saved only because a friend carried him miles across the ice to a hospital.
his father was a conscript in the Soviet Navy, where he served in the submarine fleet in the early 1930s, [...] In sixth grade he started taking sport seriously in the form of sambo and then judo.
During World War II, Putin's father, Vladimir, served in the NKVD--predecessor of the KGB--and was dropped behind Nazi lines in Estonia, Putin said. The elder Putin's unit was nearly wiped out, but he escaped by hiding underwater in a swamp and breathing through a hollow reed, his son said. Later, his father was wounded by a grenade, he said, and saved only because a friend carried him miles across the ice to a hospital.
