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Directed by: Vitalij Manskij
Country:
Russian Federation
Runtime: 0hr 58min
Year: 2001
Last Screened:
Sun 9th May 2004
As Russian Head of State, Vladimir Putin is one of the most powerful men in the world.
An ex-KGB Officer, he became Acting President in 1999, taking over from a sick Boris Yeltsin and was elected President in 2000. Award winning filmmaker Vitalij Manskij’s film starts off as straightforward reportage but then, Putin seems to take a leaf out of Clinton’s book in his willingness to be open to the camera, and the film succeeds in giving us not only a unique insight into Russian political life but also a surprisingly intimate portrait of this secretive and complex central figure.