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Russian leaders have quite a reputation for heavy dring, at least from Stalin forward. The header seems to imply that Putin is not like that. Anybody know if that's true?

Quite the opposite. I've been told that many Russian women see Putin as the ideal man. He doesn't drink, and he sure doesn't beat his women while drunk

There's even a number of (cheesy and utter shite) bands praising his sobriety.

By the way, I read in the paper today that during the last year of Jeltsin's mandate Putin kept the fat drunk isolated in his Datsja, near keeping him locked up so he couldn't screw up his succession. A dick move, but pretty smart