Vladimir Putin described the shelling of his helicopter in Chechnya.

As follows from the story of the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin in the documentary Andrei Kondrashov's "Putin", at the beginning of the 2000, during the visit to Chechnya by the head of state, in which the Pskov paratroopers died heroically, his helicopter was fired by militants who a number of districts of this country still controlled.

Vladimir Putin admitted that he did not expect that his helicopter is firing, believing that the flashes on the ground are nothing more than fireworks that could have been timed for the New Year holidays.

Thanks to the professionalism of the pilots, the helicopter of the President of the Russian Federation still managed to be withdrawn from the firing zone, and by a lucky chance, no one was hurt.

Among other things, the President of the Russian Federation also told how he had to Decide on the destruction of a passenger airliner on the opening day of the Olympics in Sochi.