CinemaOSMovie · 2015 · 1h 40m · NR

Who Is Mister Putin

Russia is overmastered to corporation by the KGB and mafia representatives

77%(5)IMDbDocumentary

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.

Directed byValeriy Balayan

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 40m
Language
RU
Released
December 29, 2015

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring

Yuri Makarov

Narrator (voice)

Vladimir Putin

Vladimir Putin

Self (archive footage)

Marina Salye

Self - Former Deputy of the Legislative Assembly of Leningrad

Oleg Kalugin

Self - Former KGB General, Former Deputy of the USSR

José Grinda Gonzalez

Self - Anti-corruption Prosecutor

Aleksandr Anikin

Self - Former Deputy of the Legislative Assembly of Leningrad, Lawyer

Aleksandr Shchelkanov

Self - Former Deputy of the USSR (1989-1991)

Nikolay Andrushchenko

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

Petr Aven

Self - Ex-Minister for Foreign Economic Relations of the Russian Federation

Vladimir Ivanidze

Self - Journalist

Creative team
Directed by
Valeriy Balayan
Valeriy Balayan
Written by
Valeriy Balayan
Valeriy Balayan
Produced by
Valeriy Balayan
Valeriy Balayan

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