Who Is Mister Putin (2015)

7.7/10 • 100 min • Documentary

Overview

Based on investigations by independent journalists, the film documents the origins of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s private wealth and subsequent rise to power, demonstrating his ascension to the Russian presidency after an alliance built in the early 1990s between himself, certain friends from Leningrad’s KGB, and mafia groups.

Cast

Vladimir Putin

Self (archive footage)

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