Putin's Witnesses

Name: Putin's Witnesses
Director: Vitaly Mansky
Released: 2018-11-08
Duration: 103 min
Rating: 6.267
Cast: Vitaly Mansky, Boris Nemtsov, Vladimir Putin, Boris Yeltsin, Mikhail Gorbachev

6.3

November 8, 2018

1h 43m

Documentary History

Overview

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.