Putin: A Russian Spy Story

Putin: A Russian Spy Story

The Rise of Putin (1x1)


: 23, 2020

Moving back and forward in time with the energy of a spy thriller, we see how the Putin we know today was shaped on the hard-scrabble streets of Leningrad (now St Petersburg). The film tracks how he escapes poverty by joining the KGB, how he models himself on the Russian James Bond, his reinvention as a political fixer in the aftermath of the collapse of the Soviet Union and how he gets into position to take over from the ailing President Yeltsin.

  • : 2020
  • : 3
  • : 2
  • Channel 4
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