Putin and the Presidents (2023)
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.
Putin and the PresidentsDocumentary
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)
Where to watch Putin and the Presidents
PBS Documentaries Amazon Channel, Kanopy
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