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.
Vladimir Putin
Self (archive footage)Oleg Kalugin
Self - Former KGB General, Former Deputy of the USSRYuri Makarov
Narrator (voice)Jürgen Roth
Self - German Publicist on organized crimeMarina Salye
Self - Former Deputy of the Legislative Assembly of LeningradAleksandr Anikin
Self - Former Deputy of the Legislative Assembly of Leningrad, LawyerAndrey Zykov
Self - Former Police InvestigatorAMG
Self (archive footage)