Putin is impressed by Russia: I worked as an illegal taxi driver for a little cash in the '90s.

Economic trouble following the collapse of the Soviets forced many Russians to find new forms to earn more.

Putin described the division of the Soviet republics [formerly] as the collapse of historic Russia, reports the BBC, translates Periscopi.

These statements raise even more speculations that he intends to invade Ukraine.

Russia has denied this, accusing Ukraine of provocation and of seeking to boost NATO's eastern expansion.

Putin's words come to a documentary film called Russia, the latest story, launched on Sunday.

The “was a deintegration of historic Russia under the name of the Soviet Union,”, he said, adding that the West believed that Russia's previous deintegration was only a matter of time.

I always had to earn extra money. I'm saying, extra money from the car, like a chave driver. It's uncomfortable to talk about this to be honest, but unfortunately, this was my destiny. ”

At the time, taxi drivers were rare in Russia, and many private individuals drove other people. Some would even drive ambulances like taxi drivers.

Putin is known to have worked as a Soviet Secret Service agent, KGB. /Periscope