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1 online resource (streaming video file) (55 min. 6 sec.) ; 332027261 bytes |
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Putin, Russia and the West is a four-part documentary series which delves into the West's fraught relationship with Russia since the turn of the millennium. After eight years as President and four as Prime Minister, Vladimir Putin looks likely to be re-elected President of Russia in March 2012. Putin began as a top Russian spy. But as President he made himself a valued ally of the West. This program asks how he did it and why Washington and London eventually turned against him.For the first time, Putin's top colleagues - and the Western statesmen who eventually clashed with him - tell the inside story. Key interviews include Putin's first prime minister, his foreign, defence and economy ministers, as well as Presidents of Georgia, Ukraine and Poland. The West's side of events is told by Condoleezza Rice, Colin Powell, Robert Gates, David Miliband and Gerhard Schroder, among others.Episode 1 - Taking ControlThe first episode begins with George W. Bush meeting Putin in June 2001 and declaring how he got a sense of his soul by looking Putin in the eye. It explores the effect of September 11 on the relationship between Russia and the West, and how Putin established control over the countrys leading business men, the oligarchs. (From the UK, in English and Russian) (Documentary Series) (Part 1 of 4) *New Series* CC |
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Broadcast 2012-02-01 at 21:30:00 |
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Classification: PG |
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Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1952-.
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Presidents -- Biography.
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Presidents -- Election.
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Russians -- Politics and government.
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Corruption.
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Russia.
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Streaming video
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Mitchell, Paul, director
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Graves, Rupert, cast
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