Based on investigations by independent journalists, the film documents the origins of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s private wealth and subsequent rise to power, demonstrating his ascension to the Russian presidency after an alliance built in the early 1990s between himself, certain friends from Leningrad’s KGB, and mafia groups.
Юрий Макаров
as Narrator (voice)
Владимир Путин
as Self (archive footage)
Marina Salye
as Self - Former Deputy of the Legislative Assembly of Leningrad
Oleg Kalugin
as Self - Former KGB General, Former Deputy of the USSR
José Grinda Gonzalez
as Self - Anti-corruption Prosecutor
Aleksandr Anikin
as Self - Former Deputy of the Legislative Assembly of Leningrad, Lawyer
Aleksandr Shchelkanov
as Self - Former Deputy of the USSR (1989-1991)
Nikolay Andrushchenko
as Self - Former Deputy of the Legislative Assembly of Leningrad, Newspaper Editor
Petr Aven
as Self - Ex-Minister for Foreign Economic Relations of the Russian Federation
Vladimir Ivanidze
as Self - Journalist
Andrey Zykov
as Self - Former Police Investigator
Jürgen Roth
as Self - German Publicist on organized crime
