Putin makes sure he is counted as Russia launches census effort

Thursday, October 10, 2002

MOSCOW -- Russia launched its first post-Soviet census Wednesday, and President Vladimir Putin told a nervous census-taker that he works in the "service" sector and speaks Russian fluently.

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