

Putin: The Return of the Bear in the Dance
2022, French. Directed by Frédéric Tonolli.
After twenty years in power, Vladimir Putin continues to implement his geopolitical strategy with Russia’s comeback on the big stage of world politics. He already announced his ambitions in 2007 – and still, it seems like the western governments were hit completely unprepared. What is behind this repeat of the Cold War?
- Runtime
- 0h 54m
- Post-credits
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- Language
- French
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Cast & crew
- Frédéric TonolliDirector
- Vladimir PutinSelf (archive footage)
- Dmitry MuratovSelf
- Ilham AliyevSelf (archive footage)
- Sergei BuntmanSelf (archive footage)
- Recep Tayyip ErdoğanSelf (archive footage)
- Isabelle FaconSelf
- Valeriy GerasimovSelf (archive footage)
- Valery GergievSelf (archive footage)
- Antoine GlaserSelf
- Andrei GratchevSelf
- Khalifa HaftarSelf (archive footage)
- Tatiana Kastoueva-JeanSelf
Details
- Released
- 15 February 2022
- Original title
- Poutine, le retour de l'ours dans la danse
- Country
- France
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Putin: The Return of the Bear in the Dance isn’t on a subscription OTT platform in India, but you can watch it free online. (Checked 14 November 2026.)
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Who directed Putin: The Return of the Bear in the Dance?
Putin: The Return of the Bear in the Dance (2022) was directed by Frédéric Tonolli and stars Vladimir Putin, Dmitry Muratov, Ilham Aliyev.