Putin: The Return of the Bear in the Dance

Overview

After twenty years in power, Vladimir Putin continues to implement his geopolitical strategy with Russia’s comeback on the big stage of world politics. He already announced his ambitions in 2007 – and still, it seems like the western governments were hit completely unprepared. What is behind this repeat of the Cold War?

Directed by Frédéric Tonolli

Top cast

Vladimir Putin

Self (archive footage)

Dmitry Muratov

Self

Ilham Aliyev

Self (archive footage)

Sergei Buntman

Self (archive footage)

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

Self (archive footage)

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Isabelle Facon

Self

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Valeriy Gerasimov

Self (archive footage)

Valery Gergiev

Self (archive footage)

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Antoine Glaser

Self

Andrei Gratchev

Self

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Khalifa Haftar

Self (archive footage)

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Tatiana Kastoueva-Jean

Self

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Ekaterina Kopylova

Self

Sergey Lavrov

Self (archive footage)

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Kevin Limonier

Self

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Jean-Sylvestre Mongrenier

Self

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Alexandre Orlov

Self

Sergey Shoygu

Self (archive footage)

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Yevgeny Prigozhin

Self (archive footage)

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