Who Is Mister Putin

Overview

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 by Valeriy Balayan

Top cast

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Yuri Makarov

Narrator (voice)

Vladimir Putin

Self (archive footage)

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Marina Salye

Self - Former Deputy of the Legislative Assembly of Leningrad

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Oleg Kalugin

Self - Former KGB General, Former Deputy of the USSR

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José Grinda Gonzalez

Self - Anti-corruption Prosecutor

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Aleksandr Anikin

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

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Aleksandr Shchelkanov

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

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Nikolay Andrushchenko

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

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Petr Aven

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

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Vladimir Ivanidze

Self - Journalist

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Andrey Zykov

Self - Former Police Investigator

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Jürgen Roth

Self - German Publicist on organized crime

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AMG

Self (archive footage)

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