Putin's Witnesses (2018) on Netflix
NR20181h 42mDocumentary
On December 31, 1999, Boris Yeltsin unexpectedly resigns and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin becomes acting president. For a year, a camera follows Putin as he rises to power.
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Plot summary
Boris Yeltsin resigns as president of the Russian Federation on the last day of 1999, and the prime minister, Vladimir Putin, becomes acting president. For a year a camera keeps filming, recording Putin as he rises to power. Among those who appear are politicians of the period such as Boris Nemtsov, Mikhail Gorbachev, Anatoly Chubais and Dmitry Medvedev, Yeltsin's wife Naina Yeltsina and his daughters Tatyana Yumasheva and Elena Okulova, and Vera Dmitrievna Gurevich, Putin's teacher.
Cast
- Vera Dmitrievna Gurevichas Self - Putin's Teacher (archive footage)
- Elena Okulovaas Self - Yeltsin's Daughter (archive footage)
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- Ivan Okulovas Self - Yeltsin's Grandson (archive footage)
- Ksenia Ponomaryovaas Self - Politician (archive footage)
- Lyudmila Putinaas Self - Putin's Wife (archive footage)
- Mikhail Lesinas Self - Politician (archive footage)
