Putin Talks Points Out The Initial ‘Naivety’ of the West (Hostile Attitude Towards Russia)

Humble Putin admits an initial "naivety" of West's hostile attitude towards Russia, despite working for 20 years in intelligence positions.

There is a middle class in the special services, in the media, in the political elites, who are used to fighting Soviet Union. Later I became absolutely, 100% percent convinced that after the collapse of the Soviet Union, they thought to be patient a little, and Russia would collapse.

Such a country [Russia] is still quite large by European standards, with largest territory in the world, and with fairly large population compared to European countries, it's suggested by US to divide it into 5 parts and subjugate these parts separately - Putin.