The content originally appeared on: CNN (CNN)Russian President Vladimir Putin's past came into sharper focus recently with the admission that, in the tumultuous days following the collapse of the Soviet Union, he earned cash on the side as a taxi driver. 'Sometimes I had to moonlight and drive a taxi,' Putin said in an excerpt of an interview for 'Russia. New History,' a state television documentary. 'It is unpleasant to talk about but, unfortunately, this took place.' The disclosure, in […]
