{"id":9294,"date":"2021-12-14T12:03:55","date_gmt":"2021-12-14T12:03:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.imalbania.com\/kosova\/putins-unusual-confession-i-became-a-taxi-driver-when-the-soviet-union-fell\/"},"modified":"2021-12-14T12:03:55","modified_gmt":"2021-12-14T12:03:55","slug":"putins-unusual-confession-i-became-a-taxi-driver-when-the-soviet-union-fell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.imalbania.com\/kosova\/putins-unusual-confession-i-became-a-taxi-driver-when-the-soviet-union-fell\/","title":{"rendered":"Putin&#8217;s Unusual Confession: I became a taxi driver when the Soviet Union fell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"firstP\">\n<p>Badly left after the collapse of the Soviet Union, one of the most powerful people on the globe today, Russian President Vladimir Putin, was forced to work as a taxi driver.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;I had to make some more money and work by taxi.  &#8220;It&#8217;s not something I remember with pleasure, but unfortunately, this is the truth,&#8221; the Russian president was quoted as saying in a documentary quoted by Ria Novosti.<\/p>\n<p>For Putin, the collapse of the Soviet Union marks the end of &#8220;historic Russia.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He has previously described the moment as &#8220;a tragedy for most Russian citizens.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A loyal servant of that system, Putin was deeply disappointed after its collapse and described the collapse of the USSR as &#8220;the greatest geopolitical disaster of the 20th century.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The end of the Soviet Union brought a difficult period of economic instability, which plunged millions into poverty as the newly independent Russia transitioned from communism to capitalism.<\/p>\n<p>Putin&#8217;s confession comes at a time when critics have accused him of plotting to re-create the Soviet Union by invading Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"last\">\n<strong><\/p>\n<p>top channel<br \/>\n<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n\t\tvar ajaxurl = \"https:\/\/top-channel.tv\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php\";<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\/\/Google Analytics\n\t\twindow.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || [];\n\t\tfunction gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);}\n\t\tgtag('js', new Date());<\/p>\n<p>\t\tgtag('config', 'UA-7855069-1');<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\/\/Facebook\n\t\twindow.fbAsyncInit = function() {\n\t\t\tFB.init({\n\t\t\t\tappId      : '1715618661991455',\n\t\t\t\txfbml      : true,\n\t\t\t\tversion    : 'v2.10'\n\t\t\t});\n\t\t\tFB.AppEvents.logPageView();\n\t\t};<\/p>\n<p>\t\t(function(d, s, id){\n\t\t\tvar js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n\t\t\tif (d.getElementById(id)) {return;}\n\t\t\tjs = d.createElement(s); 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