article_snippet.sent: Putin has claimed that intercepted phone calls prove the US helped Chechen Islamic insurgents wage war against Russia .
article_snippet.sent: Russian has claimed that intercepted phone calls prove the US helped Chechen Islamic insurgents wage war against Russia.
article_snippet.sent: In a documentary aired today  on state-owned Rossiya-1 TV channel, Putin said phone records from the early 2000s show direct contact between North Caucasus separatists and US secret services. '
article_snippet.sent: At one point US secret services simply detected direct contacts between militants from the North Caucasus and representatives of the US secret services in Azerbaijan,' Putin said.
highlights_snippet.sent: Putin said calls show contact between insurgents and US secret services .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Putin claimed US helped Chechen extremists wage war against Russia .
  