Who Is Mister Putin (2016)

  • NR
  • 04/27/2016 (US)
  • Documentary
  • 1h 40m

Russia is overmastered to corporation by the KGB and mafia representatives

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.

Valeriy Balayan

Director, Screenplay

Cast

Yuri Makarov's headshot

Yuri Makarov

Narrator (voice)
Vladimir Putin's headshot

Vladimir Putin

Self (archive footage)
Marina Salye's headshot

Marina Salye

Self - Former Deputy of the Legislative Assembly of Leningrad
Oleg Kalugin's headshot

Oleg Kalugin

Self - Former KGB General, Former Deputy of the USSR
José Grinda Gonzalez's headshot

José Grinda Gonzalez

Self - Anti-corruption Prosecutor
Aleksandr Anikin's headshot

Aleksandr Anikin

Self - Former Deputy of the Legislative Assembly of Leningrad, Lawyer
Aleksandr Shchelkanov's headshot

Aleksandr Shchelkanov

Self - Former Deputy of the USSR (1989-1991)
Nikolay Andrushchenko's headshot

Nikolay Andrushchenko

Self - Former Deputy of the Legislative Assembly of Leningrad, Newspaper Editor

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