Puten's Training Ground in St. Petersburg

Puton was forced to move back to russia with his young family after the berlin wall fell. He got a job in his home town, saint petersburg, as an adviser to one of his former law professors and mentors,. By that point, subchuk had left the university to become mayor of saint Petersburg. And sub chuk decided to take a chance on puten, appointed him deputy mayor of saintpetersburg. It's where he learned how to play the game of Russian politics.