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.
as Narrator (voice)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self - Former Deputy of the Legislative Assembly of Leningrad
as Self - Former KGB General, Former Deputy of the USSR
as Self - Anti-corruption Prosecutor
as Self - Former Deputy of the Legislative Assembly of Leningrad, Lawyer
as Self - Former Deputy of the USSR (1989-1991)
as Self - Former Deputy of the Legislative Assembly of Leningrad, Newspaper Editor
as Self - Ex-Minister for Foreign Economic Relations of the Russian Federation
as Self - Journalist
as Self - Former Police Investigator
as Self - German Publicist on organized crime
as Self (archive footage)