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Protests Battle of the Angleterre, 76 in East Germany, 66, 67–69 Leningrad rationing and, 102–4 in Soviet Union, 76 See also “Informals” Putin, Vladimir (father), 44–45, 47, 48, 52, 53, 54, 55–56 Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 128, 158 as acting president, 29, 30–31, 35, 151–52, 153–55, 160, 167, 172–74, 177–78, 179 ambition of, 60 assassinations and, 226, 264 authoritarianism of, 261–62, 265 Babitsky and, 32–34, 35, 36 Berezovsky and, 15–21, 27, 31, 32, 42, 43, 131, 140, 171, 173–74, 182, 200, 257, 261 Beslan school hostage incident and, 189–90, 191, 214, 216–17, 249 bills and, 181, 182, 190 biography of, 31–32, 33, 36, 43, 45–46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 54, 57, 58, 59, 69, 93, 116, 117, 120, 131, 145, 169, 170 Chechnya and, 208, 220, 224, 231–33 communism and, 132–33 constitution and, 153, 154, 181 corruption of, 254, 256–57, 258, 259–60, 261, 266, 270 coup (1991) and, 112, 116–17, 118, 119