When today’s Russian President Vladimir Putin returned to Leningrad from the GDR, he was short of money. He admitted that in a documentary – and he is today ashamed of what he had to do.

Russian President Vladimir Putin Found in the chaotic 1990s in Russia after returning from DDR Also worked as a taxi driver. “Sometimes you had to make money in the taxi business. It’s inconvenient to talk about it, but unfortunately it was so,” the 69-year-old said in the Russian state television documentary “Latest History,” which aired on Sunday.

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The film is about the consequences of the collapse of the Soviet Union 30 years ago. Putin once called the end of the communist power bloc the biggest catastrophe of the 20th century. Now he spoke of a “tragedy” for the Russians.

Putin’s career in the secret service was dangerous during the Soviet era KGB created, for which he also worked as an officer in the GDR in Dresden. In 1990 he returned with his young family to his hometown of Leningrad, now again called St. Petersburg. Earning opportunities were considered difficult at that time; The film states that many members of the state security structure also had to see how they made a living.

Russian media reported a surprising confession by “taxi driver” Putin. In 2018, the president only said in an interview that he had considered working as a taxi driver.