15 Things You Didn't Know About Vladimir Putin

fifteen things you didn't know about Vladimir Putin welcome to a lox calm the place where future billionaires come to get informed hello a Luxor's and welcome to another exciting original video presented by Alex calm today we're talking about one of the world's most powerful and controversial leaders Vladimir Putin Vladimir Putin was born October 7th 1952 in Leningrad which was then a part of the Soviet Union he studied law at st. Petersburg State University and then became a KGB foreign intelligence officer after 16 years he retired and decided to enter politics he became part of president Boris Yeltsin's administration in 1996 and rose through the ranks very quickly to become Acting President December 31st 1999 when Yeltsin resigned he then won the 2000 presidential election and was re-elected in 2004 the constitutional term limits kept him from having a consecutive third term but he served as prime minister to Dmitry Medvedev starting in 2008 and was then reelected as president in 2012 even though he enjoys high domestic approval ratings and is widely recognized as one of the world's most powerful leaders he is a controversial figure who has made unpopular political decisions and has been accused of corruption and most recently of interfering in the United States presidential election if you're new here welcome be sure to subscribe and follow us on instagram at Alex love him or hate him he is one of the most powerful and influential people in the world so let's take a closer look with these 15 things that you didn't know about Vladimir Putin number one the New England Patriots owner says Putin stole his Super Bowl ring when Robert Kraft the owner of the New England Patriots NFL team visited Russia in 2005 he showed Putin his ring from Super Bowl 39 Kraft says Putin took the ring and said I could kill someone with this ring and then he put the $25,000 ring in his pocket and left the room surrounded by KGB agents the White House later called Kraft and asked him to let Putin keep the ring as a gift to keep Russia on good terms the u.s. years later Senator John McCain demanded Putin returned the ring Putin said he never took the ring but offered to replace it but according to the New York Times crafts ring has been displayed in the Kremlin library number two he used to hunt rats as a child Putin came from humble beginnings his father was in the Soviet Navy and his mother was a factory worker he grew up in a communal apartment in Leningrad a Russian city that was devastated by world war two when Putin reflects on his childhood he remembers hunting rats in the hallways of his apartment building number three the Kremlin greatly misrepresents Putin's wealth and property the latest declaration of putin's assets published by the kremlin on their website stated that putin owns only three russian made cars a seventy seven square metre apartment a garage and a plot of land putin's declared earnings are also the lowest by far among kremlin officials in actuality a source familiar with putin's lifestyle claims that he has at least 20 properties 58 aircraft and around 700 luxury vehicles number 4 he is often late even when meeting with very important people putin is known to run late often even when he's meeting with very important people for example when Pope Francis made his first trip to Russia Putin kept him waiting for nearly an hour passed when they had scheduled to meet he made US Secretary of State John Kerry wait for three hours past their scheduled meeting in 2012 and he even left Queen Elizabeth the second waiting for him to eventually show up for their meeting reportedly this is more than just a bad habit and is actually a form of psychological manipulation that Putin uses to show that he is the one in control number five he is rumored to be worth billions of dollars although the Kremlin claims that Putin has paid around one hundred and thirty three thousand dollars a year there is speculation that his wealth is into the billions in 2012 Putin reported an income of only 3.6 million rubles or 113 thousand dollars but one former Russian government advisor estimated his fortune to be around 70 million dollars while another Soros claimed it was closer to 200 which would make him the richest man in the world part of this fortune is thought to have come from secret stakes in oil and gas companies Putin denies being very wealthy saying such claims are rubbish number six Putin and Steven Seagal are close friends Putin has a special friendship with martial artist and actor Steven Seagal the two get along so well that Putin once tried to convince President Obama to make Seagal an honorary consul to Russia who would be a middleman in certain Russia US affairs Obama's response was reportedly you've got to be kidding Seagal is not the only film star that Putin has associated with though others on the list include John Claude Van Damme Mickey Rourke and Gerard Depardieu number seven he took a Formula One racing car on a high-speed test drive in 2010 Putin decided he wants to get behind the wheel of a bright yellow Renault Formula One car he drove the car for several hours at speeds of up to 150 miles per hour around a track in saint-petersburg he wore a special helmet with images of Russia's national symbol a double-headed eagle and the Russian flag at one point he temporarily lost control and the car skidded to a halt but the rest of the long test drive went smoothly number eight he has a black belt in judo when Putin was 12 he realized he wasn't growing as quickly as the other males around him so he decided to learn judo so he could keep from being bullied by the time he was 18 he had earned a black belt in the martial art and he was also trained in [ __ ] another form of martial arts that originated in Russia number nine his watch collection is worth around 700 thousand dollars the watches featured in Putin's collection include an $18,000 Patek Phillipe Calatrava a $60,000 patek philippe perpetual calendar a $15,000 breguet marine and a $10,500 Blanc Palamon Aqualung grant date but the star of the collection appears to be a $500,000 illunga and zouna watch with platinum casting gold plated arms sapphire crystal glass and a hand-stitched crocodile leather strap his luxurious watches have raised some eyebrows as the entire collection costs more than six times his reported annual salary so some see this as a sign of government corruption number ten he was willed a two billion dollar art collection Putin stands to inherit what could be an incredibly valuable art collection the current owner Nina maleva claimed that the artwork was hidden in the Attic of her Bolshevik seized apartment during the Russian Revolution when she returned to the apartment she found that the art had remained untouched the collection which includes over 1,000 works by artists such as Leonardo da Vinci a Rembrandt and Michelangelo was appraised at two billion dollars by a Paris auction house the elderly owner has will - the entire collection - Putin and now the apartment that holds the art is guarded day and night by police many are skeptical about the authenticity of the collection however and the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts in Moscow even declined to accept the art when it was offered because they believe much of the artwork to be copies if you're interested in checking out some high-priced art click in the upper right hand corner to watch our video of the top 10 most expensive paintings in the world number 11 he divorced his wife after an alleged affair was an Olympic gymnast Putin is a very private about his personal life but it is known that he married a former flight attendant named Ludmilla in 1983 and the couple had two daughters Maria and yet Katarina who are in their 30s now their divorce was finalized in 2014 but in 2009 Putin allegedly had an affair with Olympic gold medal-winning rhythmic gymnast Alina Kabaeva Alina also had a baby boy in 2009 and a baby girl in 2015 that many speculate were fathered by Putin the relationship has never been publicly confirmed but it is generally believed that the two are still together and possibly married number 12 his stylist rips all the labels from his clothes Vladimir has a sharp sense of style and he likes to wear well-known luxury brands like Valentino Keitel and Briony however his stylist of over 10 years rips all the labels off his clothes so the president is not associated with the brand's he chooses to wear number 13 he had a 1 billion dollar estate built on the black seacoast although the Kremlin tried to deny Putin's connections to the luxurious mansion it has been determined that Putin was behind the construction of a massive modern-day Palace built on the coast of the Black Sea which is often referred to as Putin's palace the government attempted to keep the 1 billion dollar estate a secret but satellite images showed a grand marble complex with Gardens a private theatre and three helicopter landing pads there is still quite a bit of mystery surrounding the estate especially concerning how it was funded but a former business associate of Putin's reports that it was built to the president's specifications for his personal use the home also has its own Casino Church swimming pools amphitheater tea house and staff apartments number 14 Putin was given a Siberian tiger cub as a birthday gift in 2011 for his 56th birthday Putin was given a 20 pound 2 month-old tiger cub that he named mosh Khanna he only kept the cub in his home for three days before donating her to a zoo the person who gave the gift was never revealed as a side note though Putin has been credited with the increasing population of the endangered Siberian tiger species in Russia due to his increased conservation efforts number 15 he was sued for drinking a 240 year old bottle of wine when Putin annex the Ukrainian region of Crimea he went to Bemis ondra winery and enjoyed a bottle of wine with former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi but not just any bottle of wine they drank a 240 year old bottle of 1775 Jerez de la Frontera that had been brought to the region by count Mikhail Vorontsov while Catherine the Great controlled the Russian Empire and it was considered a national treasure by the Ukrainian people in 2014 the former prosecutor general of Crimea filed a lawsuit against Putin for damages of around $75,000 now that you've learned more about Vladimir Putin we'd like to know what is your opinion about this leader let us know what you think in the comments still here here's a bonus fact just for you Putin is known for trying to create a manly image and some of the activities he's engaged in in that pursuit are flying military jets swimming in a freezing Siberian River tranquilizing polar bears co-piloting a firefighting plane scuba diving and riding motorcycles thank you for spending some time with us a Luxor's make sure to LIKE and subscribe so you never miss another video we also hand-picked these videos which we recommend you watch next thank you for being an a lexer and we'll see you back tomorrow

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Length: 11min 33sec (693 seconds)

Published: Sun Sep 03 2017