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Who Is Mister Putin (2015)

Russia is overmastered to corporation by the KGB and mafia representatives

Genre : Documentary

Runtime : 1H 40M

Director : Valeriy Balayan
Writer : Valeriy Balayan

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.

Actors

Yuri Makarov
Yuri Makarov
Narrator (voice)
Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Putin
Himself (archive footage)
Marina Salye
Marina Salye
Herself - Former Deputy of the Legislative Assembly of Leningrad
Oleg Kalugin
Oleg Kalugin
Himself - Former KGB General, Former Deputy of the USSR
José Grinda Gonzalez
José Grinda Gonzalez
Himself - Anti-corruption Prosecutor
Aleksandr Anikin
Aleksandr Anikin
Himself - Former Deputy of the Legislative Assembly of Leningrad, Lawyer
Aleksandr Shchelkanov
Aleksandr Shchelkanov
Himself - Former Deputy of the USSR (1989-1991)
Nikolay Andrushchenko
Nikolay Andrushchenko
Himself - Former Deputy of the Legislative Assembly of Leningrad, Newspaper Editor
Petr Aven
Petr Aven
Himself - Ex-Minister for Foreign Economic Relations of the Russian Federation
Vladimir Ivanidze
Vladimir Ivanidze
Himself - Journalist
Andrey Zykov
Andrey Zykov
Himself - Former Police Investigator
Jürgen Roth
Jürgen Roth
Himself - German Publicist on organized crime
AMG
AMG
Themselves (archive footage)

Crews

Valeriy Balayan
Valeriy Balayan
Director
Valeriy Balayan
Valeriy Balayan
Producer
Anastasia Kirilenko
Anastasia Kirilenko
Co-Producer
Anastasia Kirilenko
Anastasia Kirilenko
Researcher
Valeriy Balayan
Valeriy Balayan
Screenplay

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