Documentary · 2015 · 1h 40m

Who Is Mister Putin

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Director
Valeriy Balayan
Cast
Yuri Makarov as Narrator (voice) Vladimir Putin as Self (archive footage) Marina Salye as Self - Former Deputy of the Legislative Assembly of Leningrad Oleg Kalugin as Self - Former KGB General, Former Deputy of the USSR José Grinda Gonzalez as Self - Anti-corruption Prosecutor Aleksandr Anikin as Self - Former Deputy of the Legislative Assembly of Leningrad, Lawyer
Crew
Valeriy Balayan — Screenplay Valeriy Balayan — Producer
Tagline

Russia is overmastered to corporation by the KGB and mafia representatives

Synopsis

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.

Mood & Themes
presidential electionbratva (russian mafia)money launderingbiographymobsterkleptocracypolitical corruptioninvestigative journalismvladimir putinrussian presidentrussian leaders
Key Collaborators
Valeriy Balayan Director Valeriy Balayan Screenplay Valeriy Balayan Producer
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