Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin was born on 7 October 1952, in Leningrad, Soviet Union.
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Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin is a Russian politician and former intelligence officer who has been serving as the president of Russia since 2012, having previously served between 2000 and 2008.
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He was the prime minister of Russia from 1999 to 2000 and again from 2008 to 2012.
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Putin studied law at the Leningrad State University named after Andrei Zhdanov in 1970 and graduated in 1975.
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In 1975, Putin joined the KGB and trained at the 401st KGB school in Okhta, Leningrad.
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Putin announces the immediate 'partial mobilization' of the population in an escalation of his conflict with Ukraine.
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Russia: 300,000 reservists will be called up after Putin decrees a "partial mobilization"