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.
Directed by 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)
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