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Article: Putin makes effort to keep his height secret from voters.(World)(Russia)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- March 23, 2000
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MOSCOW - Vladimir Putin's possibly Napoleonic political tendencies have been given a thorough airing in the run-up to Sunday's elections. The acting president's personal Napoleonic stature is a much more closely guarded state secret.
The fact that the diminutive Mr. Putin looms large - figuratively and literally - in the broadcasts on Russia's most widely watched television networks could stand as a symbol for the low-key but highly effective media campaign he has waged, controlling both the images voters see and the terms of the debate in the crowded presidential field.
Although the 47-year-old Mr. Putin has been much in the public eye in recent ...