Putin: Europe was convinced that Russia would disintegrate in the 1990s – Gazeta.Ru
12 December 2021, 14:42
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Russian President Vladimir Putin told. He told about this in the film “Russia. Recent history “on the channelRussia 1“.
“16 constituent entities of the Russian Federation have declared their sovereignty. How could you not have noticed this? “- Putin.
According to him, people probably thought about the disintegration of the country, “they understood this and tried to resist it.”
The Russian President admitted that he had “seen such maps” designed in Europe, in which Russia was divided into several independent states.
Formerly Putin declaredthat in the 1990s in Russia there was essentially a civil war, a difficult situation in the economy and in the armed forces.
“The situation was very difficult, and this concerned the internal state of the entire state, all its components. This concerned the economy.
The President of Russia also said that in the 90s, sometimes moonlighting by private taxi.