Putin and the Presidents

Putin and the Presidents (2023)

Documentary

FRONTLINE investigates Russian President Vladimir Putin’s clashes with multiple American presidents as he’s tried to rebuild the Russian empire. Veteran filmmaker Michael Kirk (Putin’s Revenge, Putin’s Road to War) and his team trace the miscalculations and missteps of U.S. presidents over five administrations, culminating in Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.

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  • Release Date: 2023-01-31
  • Runtime: 0h 54min
  • Director: Michael Kirk

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    • Cast

    • Will Lyman

      Narrator

    • Vladimir Putin

      Self (archive footage)

    • Bill Clinton

      Self (archive footage)

    • George W. Bush

      Self (archive footage)

    • Barack Obama

      Self (archive footage)

    • Donald Trump

      Self (archive footage)

    • Joe Biden

      Self (archive footage)

    • William B. Taylor Jr.

      Self (interviewee)

    • Marie Yovanovitch

      Self (interviewee)

    • John Bolton

      Self (interviewee)

    • Timothy Snyder

      Self (interviewee)

    • Julia Ioffe

      Self (interviewee)

    • Yevgenia Albats

      Self (interviewee)

    • Susan Glasser

      Self (interviewee)

    • Eugene Robinson

      Self (interviewee)

    • Antony Blinken

      Self (interviewee)