Putin: The New Tsar

Season 1

How did a poor boy living in Soviet Russia become the Russian President and one of the world's most powerful leaders? This compelling Vladimir Putin documentary explores his career from lowly KGB colonel to Boris Yeltsin's right-hand man to leading the Kremlin. How has Putin's past influenced the present, his approach to war and the growing conflict in Ukraine?

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S1 E1 - Putin: The New Tsar
March 8, 2018
59min
TV-PG
How did a poor boy living in Soviet Russia become the Russian President and one of the world's most powerful leaders? This compelling Vladimir Putin documentary explores his career from lowly KGB colonel to Boris Yeltsin's right-hand man to leading the Kremlin. How has Putin's past influenced the present, his approach to war and the growing conflict in Ukraine?
Free trial of BBC Select