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April 15, 2008	Good article nominee	Not listed
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Section sizes

Section size for Vladimir Putin (68 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	21,229	21,229
Early life	4,928	12,162
Education	7,234	7,234
Intelligence career	13,135	13,135
Political career	190	197,720
1990–1996: Saint Petersburg administration	5,252	5,252
1996–1998: Early Moscow career	5,425	5,425
1998-1999: Director of FSB	1,738	1,738
1999: First premiership	3,356	3,356
1999–2000: Acting presidency	6,198	6,198
2000–2004: First presidential term	4,906	4,906
2004–2008: Second presidential term	20,749	20,749
2008–2012: Second premiership	4,594	4,594
2012–2018: Third presidential term	17,930	47,464
Annexation of Crimea	14,292	14,292
Intervention in Syria	4,192	4,192
Russia's interference in the 2016 US election	11,050	11,050
2018–2024: Fourth presidential term	11,984	85,607
COVID-19 pandemic	12,566	12,566
Constitutional referendum and amendments	4,380	4,380
Iran trade deal	934	934
2021–2022 Russo-Ukrainian crisis	7,958	7,958
Full-scale invasion of Ukraine (2022–present)	34,652	34,652
ICC arrest warrant	4,752	4,752
2023 Wagner rebellion	8,381	8,381
2024–present: Fifth presidential term	12,241	12,241
Domestic policies	9,049	52,294
Economic, industrial, and energy policies	9,877	9,877
Environmental policy	3,913	3,913
Religious policy	4,360	4,360
Military development	6,987	6,987
Human rights policy	5,232	5,232
The media	4,607	4,607
Promoting conservatism	6,900	6,900
International sporting events	1,369	1,369
Foreign policy	3,126	81,547
Asia	9,706	9,706
Post-Soviet states	20,089	20,089
United States, Western Europe, and NATO	21,345	21,345
United Kingdom	1,252	6,195
Poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko	2,666	2,666
Poisoning of Sergei Skripal	2,277	2,277
Latin America	2,579	2,579
Australia and the South Pacific	3,739	3,739
Middle East and Africa	14,768	14,768
Public image	226	35,569
Polls and rankings	24,662	24,662
Cult of personality	5,833	5,833
Public recognition in the West	3,506	3,506
Putinisms	1,342	1,342
Assessments	16,380	21,734
After the 2022 invasion of Ukraine	5,354	5,354
Electoral history	2,395	2,395
Personal life	20	45,122
Family	14,147	14,147
Wealth	10,831	10,831
Residences	19	7,611
Official government residences	1,538	1,538
Personal residences	6,054	6,054
Pets	1,011	1,011
Religion	2,873	2,873
Sports	4,536	4,536
Health	4,093	4,093
Awards and honours	612	612
Explanatory notes	43	43
References	44	530
Sources	486	486
External links	6,466	6,466
Total	490,558	490,558

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