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President of Russia Vladimir Putin has said that he used moonlight as a taxi driver for a living in the 1990s, after the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Putin is discussing the economic crisis Russia suffered after the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991 in comments aired Sunday on a television documentary called “Russia. History.” recently”.
He described the collapse of the Soviet Union as “the disintegration of historic Russia”, according to Reuters report.
Mr. Putin said that Russia “turned into a completely different country” after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. He said that 25 million Russians were suddenly cut off from Russia, as part of “a major humanitarian crisis.”
In addition, Putin said that he was personally affected by Russia’s economic troubles at the time. Russia experienced hyperinflation in the 1990s and then defaulted on its debt by the end of that decade.
As reported by Putin: “Sometimes [I] there was moonlight and taxi driver. It’s annoying to talk about but, unfortunately, this has happened too. “He used to work as an agent for the Soviet KGB security service.
Putin previously called the collapse of the Soviet Union “greatest geopolitical tragedy” out of 20order century.
These latest comments come amid fears that Russia will invade Ukraine, one of the 15 republics of the Soviet Union. The G-7 on Sunday warned of “huge consequences” if Putin attacked Ukraine.
According to Reuters report.
