Who Is Mister Putin

1h 40m

7.7

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.

Cast

Narrator (voice)

Self (archive footage)

Self - Former Deputy of the Legislative Assembly of Leningrad

Self - Former KGB General, Former Deputy of the USSR

José Grinda Gonzalez

Self - Anti-corruption Prosecutor

Aleksandr Anikin

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

Aleksandr Shchelkanov

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

Nikolay Andrushchenko

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

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

Vladimir Ivanidze

Self - Journalist

Self - Former Police Investigator

Self - German Publicist on organized crime

Self (archive footage)

Crew

Valeriy Balayan

Director, Screenplay, Producer

Anastasia Kirilenko

Co-Producer, Researcher