Putin and the Presidents

Putin and the Presidents

54 mins | Documentary | Jan. 31, 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 Presidents

54 mins | Documentary | Jan. 31, 2023

Putin and the Presidents
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.
Producers
Original title Putin and the Presidents
Directors Michael Kirk
Writers Mike Wiser, Michael Kirk

Cast

Will Lyman

as Narrator

Vladimir Putin

as Self (archive footage)

Bill Clinton

as Self (archive footage)

George W. Bush

as Self (archive footage)

Barack Obama

as Self (archive footage)

Donald Trump

as Self (archive footage)

Joe Biden

as Self (archive footage)

William B. Taylor Jr.

as Self (interviewee)

Marie Yovanovitch

as Self (interviewee)

John R. Bolton

as Self (interviewee)

Timothy Snyder

as Self (interviewee)

Julia Ioffe

as Self (interviewee)

Yevgenia Albats

as Self (interviewee)

Susan Glasser

as Self (interviewee)

Eugene Robinson

as Self (interviewee)

Antony Blinken

as Self (interviewee)