Top Facts About Newly Elected Russian President Vladimir Putin
By Anshika Verma18, Mar 2024 10:36 AMjagranjosh.com
Russian Presidential Elections 2024
On Sunday, President Vladimir Putin won 87.8% of the vote, setting a record for a post-Soviet landslide victory. Tap to read interesting facts about him!
He grew up in poverty
His mother was starved to death during the Siege of Leningrad, and his father was injured and rendered paralyzed by a grenade. He was born in October 1952.
He has reportedly broken records in Judo
Since he was eleven years old, Putin has practiced judo. In 2012, he became the first Russian to obtain the rank of eighth dan in the martial arts.
He started his career in politics
He worked for the KGB for a while. He later became the head of the Federal Security Service and was elevated to the position of Prime Minister in 1999.
He owns a palace in a forest
Putin's massive residence, known as ‘Putin's Palace,’ is an Italianate palace complex situated in Krasnodar Krai, Russia, on the Black Sea coast.
nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize twice
He was therefore a 2014 Nobel Peace Prize nominee. He was also a candidate for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2021.