Source Notes
Matthew Quellas quotes Stef de Groot, webmaster of the President Vladimir V. Putin website, "The time of birth was from his official Soviet birth certificate, as you inquired."
Original Message-----
From: Matthew Quellas <
mquellas@juno.com> To:
stefdegroot@mail.ru Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 10:50:50 -0700 Subject: Re: President Putin's birth data
Dear Mr Quellas, Mr Putin was born early in the morning, at 9:30 a.m. Moscow Time, in downtown St Petersburg. I hope this is of any use to you. Kindly, Stef de Groot, webmaster of the President Vladimir V. Putin website
http://vladimirputin.4u.ru/ http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Pa ... 160/Putin/ --- end quote
These data have been challenged by several correspondents who claim that Russian birth records do not contain a time of birth, and that members of the KGB are instructed to never release personal information. They may be given an A rating as quoted from a substantial source, but may not be considered B.C. unless verified by hard copy.
Claudia von Schierstedt quotes Spiegel "archives" in Meridian March/April 2000, time unknown.
Richard Nolle quotes Boris Izraitel in Russia for 1:00 PM, with a note that "the time is from Putin's private conversation with an unknown reporter who then passed this information to a friend, S. Klimov. Kilmov described the reporter as one of the most reliable sources in his hunt for celebrity birth data."
The first data quote is ambiguous with "archives," and the second is circuitous and questionable; the data can not be considered as confirmed.
In the ISAR online newsletter, 4/09/2000, Sergey Smelyakov gives 16.10 LT, 13.10 GMT from the rectification presented in the Russian translation of the article of J. Weiss that was initially published in the Astrologie Heute # 83, Feb/Mar 2000, Switzerland. In Apr/May 2015, Weiss continues to defend his rectification as fitting events.
Mikhael Borisovich writes on 12/19/2001 that the time of birth is doubtful as it states certificate of birth and in Russia, there are no certificates. Birth records are kept in state archives. He rectifies the time to 2:47 AM.
Starkman rectified to 09.35.52 MSK Asc 4Sco04' . Marc Penfield rectified to 4:35 pm, Asc 27Cap.
As of 2014, there are claims that Putin was born in 1950, not in 1952. Thre are also claims that he was born in Georgia, not in Russia.