Putin's Witnesses

Russian Federation, December 31, 1999. After President Boris Yeltsin's unexpected resignation, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin becomes acting president of the country. From that day and for a year, Vitaly Mansky's camera documented Putin's rise to power. The story of a privileged witness. The harsh explanation of the reason why politics is the art of possibility of achieving the best with the support of many, but also of giving the worst in return.

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  Vitaly Mansky

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  Vitaly Mansky
  Self - Narrator (voice) / (archive footage)
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  Boris Nemtsov
  Self - Politician (voice)
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  Vladimir Putin
  Self - Politician (archive footage)
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  Boris Yeltsin
  Self - Politician (archive footage)
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  Mikhail Gorbachev
  Self - Politician (archive footage)
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  Naina Yeltsina
  Self - Yeltsin's Wife (archive footage)
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  Tatyana Yumasheva
  Self - Yeltsin's Daughter / Politician (archive footage)
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  Vera Dmitrievna Gurevich
  Self - Putin's Teacher (archive footage)
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  Anatoly Chubais
  Self - Politician (archive footage)
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  Dmitry Medvedev
  Self - Politician (archive footage)
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  Elena Okulova
  Self - Yeltsin's Daughter (archive footage)
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  Gleb Pavlovsky
  Self - Politician (archive footage)
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  Ivan Okulov
  Self - Yeltsin's Grandson (archive footage)
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  Ksenia Ponomaryova
  Self - Politician (archive footage)
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  Lyudmila Putina
  Self - Putin's Wife (archive footage)
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  Mikhail Kasyanov
  Self - Politician (archive footage)
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  Mikhail Lesin
  Self - Politician (archive footage)
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  Nikita Mikhalkov
  Self - Director (archive footage)
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  Tony Blair
  Self - Politician (archive footage)
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  Valentin Yumashev
  Self - Politician (archive footage)