Who Is Mister Putin (2015)

12/29/2015 (RU) • 1h 40m

Documentary

Russia is overmastered to corporation by the KGB and mafia representatives

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.

Top Billed Cast

Yuri Makarov

Narrator (voice)

Vladimir Putin

Self (archive footage)

Marina Salye

Self - Former Deputy of the Legislative Assembly of Leningrad

Oleg Kalugin

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

Petr Aven

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


Recommendations

Putin Forever?

59%

Praktikum - Der Film

60%

God is a Lobster

100%

The Wakeful Sleeper

80%

Wie es euch gefällt

100%

On Sacred Ground

53%

Wandering with the Moon

65%

Uncle Moustache

55%

Les plus grands magiciens du monde - Les Mandrakes d'or

80%

Bach - A Christmas Miracle

65%

The Other Magick

87%

The Man Without a Face

50%

Sons

70%

Our Sweetest Murder Plan

70%

Breakout 2: The Party

90%

Hard Men

57%

Yngwie J. Malmsteen: Trial by Fire - Live in Leningrad '89

63%

Status

Released

Original Language

Russian

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

presidential election

bratva (russian mafia)

money laundering

biography

mobster

kleptocracy

political corruption

investigative journalism

vladimir putin

russian president

russian leaders

© All Rights Reserved 2025