"We have all of Chechnya." The network popped up saying Putin's troubles in Russia. (VIDEO)

Russian President Vladimir Putin in 1999 called the Chechen Republic synonymous with evil in the Russian Federation.

He stated this while still in the status of the Russian Prime Minister, in an interview with journalist Sergei Dorenko.

"The constant nodding to my country as the source of all our troubles is incorrect. Invalid inherently. And all our troubles - in ourselves, from our own carelessness and weakness stems everything. Here, we are not where sunsya - we have everywhere in Chechnya. And not only in the North Caucasus. Figuratively speaking, do you? "- he said.

"Our economy sunsya, there - continuous trouble and sorrow. Look for our international relations, our relations with the neighboring countries. We have all kind of gaping hole - the problem", - Putin said.



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