It's a trend that continues today - the quickest way to get the coveted "red diploma" (with honors) is to ensure your board gets cake, vodka, or other "tributes" when you're defending your thesis. Plus, you can buy an advanced degree from just about any well-known university down in the perekhod at the end of Staryj Arbat.
That Putin, or anyone else graduating from a Soviet or Post-Soviet university may have cheated is not in the least surprising. It'd happen more here in the US if it was easier to get away with.
"That Putin, or anyone else graduating from a Soviet or Post-Soviet university may have cheated is not in the least surprising. It'd happen more here in the US if it was easier to get away with."
I am sick and tired of you and your ilk claiming that there is no difference between the US and Russia - I think you are a Kremlin troll and I don't believe you are retiring this month from the Army and Air Force.