Vladimir Putin
Political figure
An audience-led conversation
Historical audience questions about martial arts, reading and Putin's account of his intelligence-service background.
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Personal interests on air
The archived excerpts begin with a listener asking about martial arts. Putin describes his progression from sambo to judo and discusses his continuing interest in practice. Another audience question turns to literature and the Russian writers he says he enjoys.
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The exchange then addresses his earlier intelligence work and how he characterizes its influence on his career. These remarks are presented as the interviewee's account. This record preserves its place in Engology's original index without adopting the source page's unsupported description of him as an engineer.
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