How Putin Came to Power
2005, French. Directed by Tania Rakhmanova.
In August 1999, Vladimir V. Putin, head of Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB), successor to the KGB, was appointed Prime Minister. On December 31st of that year, Boris Yeltsin announced that Putin would succeed him as President of the Russian Federation. How Putin Came to Power traces the stunningly rapid ascension of this political unknown to leadership of the Kremlin.
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- 0h 52m
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- French
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- 1 January 2005
- Original title
- La Prise du pouvoir par Vladimir Poutin
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How Putin Came to Power (2005) was directed by Tania Rakhmanova.