In addition, many people think that all that extra brainpower leads to eccentric or quirky behavior. And although geniuses are fairly easy to spot, defining exactly what makes one person a genius is a little trickier. Figuring out how that person became a genius is harder still. There are two big things that make it difficult to study genius:
In 2008, a Russian tabloid newspaper was closed down by its owner after it ran a story on the rumoured relationship. Mr Putin divorced Lyudmilla, his wife of 30 years, in 2013. Russian President Vladimir Putin and his ex-wife Lyudmila Putina (Getty) Friday's unconfirmed reports about a new child were the latest in a series of rumours to circulate since Mr Putin, 62, cancelled a planned trip to Kazakhstan on Wednesday.
In August 1999, Vladimir V. Putin, head of Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB), successor to the KGB, was appointed Prime Minister. On December 31st of that year, Boris Yeltsin announced that Putin would succeed him as President of the Russian Federation. HOW PUTIN CAME TO POWER traces the stunningly rapid ascension of this political unknown to leadership of the Kremlin. The film documents the power struggle between the country's ruling oligarchs and a behind-the-scenes political deal that elevated Putin to power.