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'''Vladimir Putin '''is the ucrrent leader of Russia. In Russia, Putin's leadership has mostly enjoyed considerable popularity, with generally high approval ratings.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-18">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Putin#cite_note-18 [18]]</sup> However, many of his actions have been characterised by the domestic opposition as undemocratic.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-19">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Putin#cite_note-19 [19]]</sup> Western observers and organisations have also voiced criticism of Putin's leadership. The 2011 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy_Index Democracy Index] stated that Russia has been in "a long process of regression culminated in a move from a hybrid to an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authoritarian authoritarian] regime" under Putin,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-20">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Putin#cite_note-20 [20]]</sup> and American diplomatic cables leaked by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WikiLeaks WikiLeaks] allege that Russia has become a "virtual [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mafia_state mafia state]" due to systematic corruption in Putin's governance.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-guardian.co.uk_21-0">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Putin#cite_note-guardian.co.uk-21 [21]]</sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-22">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Putin#cite_note-22 [22]]</sup> Some critics describe him as a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dictator dictator],<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-telegraph-8787889_23-0">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Putin#cite_note-telegraph-8787889-23 [23]]</sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-theaustralian-dictator_24-0">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Putin#cite_note-theaustralian-dictator-24 [24]]</sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-huffingtonpost-dictator_25-0">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Putin#cite_note-huffingtonpost-dictator-25 [25]]</sup> allegations which Putin adamantly denies. Putin publicly projects an adventurous, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macho macho] image via taking part in unusual or dangerous activities; some of these [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publicity_stunt publicity stunts] have occasionally been criticised. A keen practitioner of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martial_arts martial arts], Putin has played a major role in the development of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sport_in_Russia sport in Russia], notably, helping [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sochi Sochi] to win the bid for the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Winter_Olympics 2014 Winter Olympics].
'''Vladimir Putin '''is the ucrrent leader of Russia. In Russia, Putin's leadership has mostly enjoyed considerable popularity, with generally high approval ratings.<sup> </sup>However, many of his actions have been characterised by the domestic opposition as undemocratic.Western observers and organisations have also voiced criticism of Putin's leadership. The 2011 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy_Index Democracy Index] stated that Russia has been in "a long process of regression culminated in a move from a hybrid to an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authoritarian authoritarian] regime" under Putin, and American diplomatic cables leaked by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WikiLeaks WikiLeaks] allege that Russia has become a "virtual [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mafia_state mafia state]" due to systematic corruption in Putin's governance. Some critics describe him as a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dictator dictator],allegations which Putin adamantly denies. Putin publicly projects an adventurous, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macho macho] image via taking part in unusual or dangerous activities; some of these [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publicity_stunt publicity stunts] have occasionally been criticised. A keen practitioner of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martial_arts martial arts], Putin has played a major role in the development of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sport_in_Russia sport in Russia], notably, helping [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sochi Sochi] to win the bid for the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Winter_Olympics 2014 Winter Olympics].
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