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The biographical hypothesis treats Spyridon Putin's role as cook for Lenin and Stalin as evidence of access, trust, and possible embeddedness in Soviet/KGB patronage networks.
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The biographical hypothesis treats Spyridon Putin's role as cook for Lenin and Stalin as evidence of access, trust, and possible embeddedness in Soviet/KGB patronage networks.
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"told the New York Times interview that his grandfather, Spyridon Putin, was the personal cook to both Vladimir Putin, sorry, Vladimir Lenin, as well..."
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"And if you're powerful, then you can start to do favors for the people. You can promote their careers. You can also save their..."
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