Federación de Rusia, 31 de diciembre de 1999. Tras la inesperada dimisión del presidente Boris Yeltsin, el primer ministro Vladimir Putin se convierte en presidente interino del país. Desde ese día y durante un año, la cámara de Vitaly Mansky documentó el ascenso al poder de Putin. La historia de un testigo privilegiado. La dura explicación de por qué la política es el arte de la posibilidad de lograr lo mejor con el apoyo de muchos, pero también de dar lo peor a cambio.
After the father’s death, the daughter of one of the forefathers of modern Russian democracy, Ksenia Sobchak, tries to understand the 18 years of his political fate. Together with the director Vera Krichevskaya she gives the word to Anatoli Sobchak’s colleagues and opponents, gets acquainted with the criminal case which annulled his career, and tries to find an answer to the question what Anatoly Sobchak’s fate would be in today’s Russia.
A documentary about Boris Nemtsov, a prominent figure of Russian political opposition and an outspoken critic of Vladimir Putin. Nemtsov was murdered in Moscow in February of 2015.
A story told by those who knew Boris Nemtsov at different times: when he was a young scientist and took his first steps in politics; when he held high government offices and was considered Boris Yeltsin's heir apparent; when he led Russia's democratic opposition to Vladimir Putin.
