Vladimir Putin Quotes
You can say something from a public toilet and the whole world will know because the media will be there.
Vladimir Putin, President of Russia, Quoted on Al Jazeera, August 31, 2010
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The 1980 presidential campaign was held in the middle of the Iran hostage crisis. President Carter remained in the White House and left the campaigning to the Vice President who received very light news coverage:
In 2007 a new phenomenon appeared on the political scene where people who had taken amateur videos of politicians with inexpensive cameras or even cell phones began to “publish” them on a video web site called “U-Tube” which allowed anyone to do this for free. Suddenly the potentially or actually embarrassing video was not only able to be viewed by millions but via e-mail millions more were made aware of the video’s existence. In 24 hours an embarrassing video had more viewers then would see it on the national evening news. Brody was the first person to give it a name and warn politicians about the problem—The U-Tube Moment.
Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin is a Russian politician and former intelligence officer who is serving as the current president of Russia since 2012, previously being in the office from 1999 until 2008. He was also prime minister from 1999 to 2000 and again from 2008 to 2012. As of 2021, Putin is the second-longest serving European president, after Alexander Lukashenko.
