Putin's Witnesses

Nov 08, 2018 | IMDB 6.3

103 min Watch Now

Documentary, History

Russian Federation, December 31, 1999. After President Boris Yeltsin's unexpected resignation, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin becomes acting president of the country. From that day and for a year, Vitaly Mansky's camera documented Putin's rise to power. The story of a privileged witness. The harsh explanation of the reason why politics is the art of possibility of achieving the best with the support of many, but also of giving the worst in return.

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Vitaly Mansky, Boris Nemtsov, Vladimir Putin, Boris Yeltsin, Mikhail Gorbachev, Naina Yeltsina, Tatyana Yumasheva, Vera Dmitrievna Gurevich, Anatoly Chubais, Dmitry Medvedev

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