Russian Rossiya-1 TV channel aired a documentary titled "The President" dedicated to the 15th anniversary of Vladimir Putin"s accession to the presidency on April 26.

The documentary is based on an interview by Russian TV presenter Vladimir Solovyov with Putin and focuses on landmark events in Russia"s modern history over the past 15 years.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said in a documentary that the leaders of foreign states had told him that in the 2000`s they had believed that Russia would stop existing in its borders after the situation in the North Caucasus had intensified.
Russian intelligence services once uncovered direct links between US intelligence and militants from the North Caucasus, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.

The Russian leader added that when he had informed his American counterpart about this fact, however, in ten days Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) officials received a letter from their colleagues in Washington stating that the US would continue to maintain contact with all opposition forces in Russia.

In the interview, Putin called the annexation of Crimea a "restoration of  historical justice".