Quote (rawwwrr @ 18 May 2022 01:54)
but:
On 27 June 1997, at the Saint Petersburg Mining Institute, guided by rector Vladimir Litvinenko, Putin defended his Candidate of Science dissertation in economics, titled The Strategic Planning of Regional Resources Under the Formation of Market Relations.
turns out that it was plagiarized but oh well. kind of makes sense that he stole it tbh.
It's very common to buy diplomas in Russia.
Russia and Ukraine together account for nearly 30% of the global wheat trade