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World governments are all turning a blind eye to events occurring in Russia today. Muted silence and vague gesticulations are their only response. However, their attitude changes when negotiations for contracts with Russia appear on the agenda. On the whole, the world is acting as if in Russia nothing special was really happening

In 2007, we made « The Putin System ». Broadcast in more than 40 countries it showed how an insignificant KGB lieutenant, Vladimir Putin, had methodically climbed the ladder to power becoming, after 25 years in the shadows, the president of Russia for 8 years. His two mandates saw the rebirth of Russia as a world power combined with an exacerbated sense of national pride within an increasingly authoritarian regime.

After 8 years and two mandates as president, Vladimir Putin becomes Prime Minister to President Dmitri Medvedev, his chosen dauphin, for 4 years. After a carefully programmed absence, it is precisely at this moment in time that, our film begins. “Putin is back”.

Festivals & Academy awards and others

International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 2014
Masters