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294 - Vladimir Putin

Timesuck with Dan Cummins

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Putin's Childhood Dream

Vladimir Putin's father pressured his son to take a boxing but Vladimir quit when he got punched in the nose. He began practicing martial arts instead, sambal, which makes judo and wrestling. His teacher was so impressed that she appealed to get him into the pioneers within a few weeks. By the eighth grade, Putin was one of the first students chosen to join the commas,. uh, commasumol, the Communist Party's youth organization.

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