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

  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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  Anatoly Chubais

  Self - Politician (archive footage)
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  Dmitry Medvedev

  Self - Politician (archive footage)
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  Mikhail Kasyanov

  Self - Politician (archive footage)
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  Nikita Mikhalkov

  Self - Director (archive footage)