Russian leader says it is ‘unpleasant to talk about’ his cab work in that period as he laments Soviet Union’s demise
Photograph: Mikhail Metzel/Sputnik/AFP/Getty ImagesPhotograph: Mikhail Metzel/Sputnik/AFP/Getty Imageshas said the collapse of the Soviet Union spelled the end of “historical Russia”, revealing that he drove a taxi to make ends meet after the fall of the USSR.
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