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.

Documentary

Will Lyman

(Narrator)

Vladimir Putin

(Self (archive footage))

Bill Clinton

(Self (archive footage))

George W. Bush

(Self (archive footage))

Barack Obama

(Self (archive footage))

Donald Trump

(Self (archive footage))

Joe Biden

(Self (archive footage))

William B. Taylor Jr.

(Self (interviewee))

Marie Yovanovitch

(Self (interviewee))

John Bolton

(Self (interviewee))

Timothy Snyder

(Self (interviewee))

Julia Ioffe

(Self (interviewee))

Yevgenia Albats

(Self (interviewee))

Susan Glasser

(Self (interviewee))

Eugene Robinson

(Self (interviewee))

Antony Blinken

(Self (interviewee))