Pavel Zarubin, journalist: Please, be frank. Are you an alien?
Vladimir Putin: No, I'm not. And I have evidence and witnesses who can attest to that. I mean my dearest and nearest, and finally, my kids.
- Dear Mr. Putin, do you ever feel ashamed? What for?
- This is quite a serious question. It's not easy to speak about it in front of millions of people. Of course, I do, like every normal person, hopefully. It seems to me that I've already spoken in public about this situation. Frankly speaking, it's hard to speak about it now, but still. It happened in the early 2000s. I was on the move a lot, had a lot of trips. The situation in the country was very complicated. We arrived in some region. The working day was over, it was late at night. It was dark, slushy, muddy; it was fall. And I was going to the car. Suddenly, a lady popped up. She was quite elderly. She said something, it wasn't very clear, and suddenly fell to her knees! She gave me a note. I promised to read it. I took it, gave it to my aides, and they lost it. I will never forget that. I feel ashamed about it, even now. Thus, I try to work on everything that happens to fall into my hands. I mean, to the fullest.
- Handle it yourself.
- You know, not all problems can be solved; some of them are impossible to solve. Now, I'm quite certain about what was the note about. Having read dozens of notes, I'm sure it was about helping her imprisoned son or something. But the thing is that it was lost. Thank you.
