11 Biggest Plagiarism Scandals of All Time

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4. Vladimir Putin

Year: 1997

Modern politicians love to brag about academic achievements in their official CVs. However, many of those are outright plagiarism or simply fake. Germany, Hungary, Serbia, all had their run-ins with top politicians being accused of plagiarizing their academic work. Even Vladimir Putin isn’t above it. His 1996 dissertation, titled Strategic Planning of Mineral Resources Replenishment at a Regional Level in Market Economy, seems to heavily borrow from William King and David Cleland’s book Strategic Planning and Policy. As far as we know, they still haven’t approached Mr. Putin and asked for royalties. Can’t imagine why…

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