PUTIN VLADIMIR: (1952- )

PUTIN VLADIMIR: (1952- ) Russian politician who served as Prime Minister of Russia 1999-2000, 2008-12 and as President of Russia 2000-08 and again since 2012. A rare signed and inscribed colour 4 x 6 photograph of Putin seated in a head and shoulders pose. Signed by Putin in blue ink, in Cyrillic, to the verso (Translation: ‘Best of luck to Nastia, V. Putin’) and dated 8th July 2011 in his hand. Some very light, extremely minor scuffing to the verso, only very slightly touching the signature, otherwise VG

Provenance: The present photograph was signed by Vladimir Putin during a class reunion of former students of the Leningrad State University on 8th July 2011. Included in the lot is a colour 6 x 4 photograph taken at the event and showing Putin signing the photograph for the recipient, Nastia, who can be seen seated to Putin’s right at their dining table. Nastia is the daughter of Yuri Grigorievich Matyushin, a fellow student of Putin’s at the Leningrad State University. The two graduated together from the Law Faculty of the university in 1975.