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Putin and the Presidents

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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…

DirectorMichael Kirk
WritersMike Wiser·Michael Kirk
ProducersVanessa Fica·Mike Wiser

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Cast · Directed by Michael Kirk

WLWill Lyman
Will Lyman
Narrator
VPVladimir Putin
Vladimir Putin
Self (archive footage)
BCBill Clinton
Bill Clinton
Self (archive footage)
GBGeorge W. Bush
George W. Bush
Self (archive footage)
BOBarack Obama
Barack Obama
Self (archive footage)
DTDonald Trump
Donald Trump
Self (archive footage)
JBJoe Biden
Joe Biden
Self (archive footage)
WJ
William B. Taylor Jr.
Self (interviewee)
MY
Marie Yovanovitch
Self (interviewee)
JBJohn Bolton
John Bolton
Self (interviewee)
TSTimothy Snyder
Timothy Snyder
Self (interviewee)
JIJulia Ioffe
Julia Ioffe
Self (interviewee)

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